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How Union Mergers Affect Membership Participation

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  • GARY CHAISON
  • MAGNUS SVERKE
  • ANDERS SJÖBERG

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Using data from a survey of union members, we explore how an amalgamation of two Swedish unions affects membership participation. The research literature on the topic is mostly anecdotal and speculative, suggesting that mergers might have detrimental effects on membership participation because they create large unions with centralized governance and administration. But in this study, we do not find a broad-based decline in membership participation measured before and after merger as well as in relation to a comparison union that did not merge. These results are discussed in terms of the national context of union mergers in Sweden and the ways that mergers are negotiated, presented, and implemented to preserve membership participation.

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  • Gary Chaison & Magnus Sverke & Anders Sjöberg, 2001. "How Union Mergers Affect Membership Participation," Journal of Labor Research, Transaction Publishers, vol. 22(2), pages 355-372, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:tra:jlabre:v:22:y:2001:i:2:p:355-372
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