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Lunchtime Workshops
The monthly Lunchtime Workshop provides a forum for those interested in human resource and labor relations issues to present their research and/or learn what others are researching in these areas.
The Forum is sponsored by the MHRLR Outreach Fund.
2001-2002 Lunchtime Workshop Schedule
Monday, October 1st
Noon, Business S191
John S. Heywood
presents
"Unions and Plant Closings in Britain"
Abstract
In this paper we exploit the longitudinal element of the 1990 and 1998 Workplace Employee Relations Surveys for Britain to investigate the effect of unionism on establishment closings. Contrary to both recent U.S. research and British work using information from earlier workplace surveys, we find a robust positive association between two measures of unionism - union recognition for collective bargaining purposes and union coverage - and plant closings. This association survives the incorporation of very detailed industry controls but is driven by plants that are parts of multi-establishment enterprises. There appears to be little or no statistically significant association for single plant enterprises. In explaining our findings, we address their consistency with the widely perceived reduction in the "disadvantages of (British) unionism" in recent years.
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