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Unions, Job Reductions and Job Security Guarantees: the Experience of British Employees

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Alex Bryson
Michael White

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A national survey makes it possible to examine employees' awareness of net overallreductions in the size of the workforce along with their awareness of employer policies thatpromise 'no compulsory redundancies'. Differences are investigated between union and nonunionworkplaces, and between unionised workplaces with high membership density andthose with low-to-medium density. A union presence increases both job reductions and jobsecurity guarantees to employees, and high membership density has some additional effectsin the market sector, but not the public sector.

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Keywords: job cuts trade unions job guarantees

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J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
J45 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Public Sector Labor Markets
J51 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects
J63 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies - - - Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs

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  1. Blanchflower, David G & Millward, Neil & Oswald, Andrew J, 1991. "Unionism and Employment Behaviour," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 101(407), pages 815-34, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. S Machin, 2000. "Union Decline in Britain," CEP Discussion Papers 0455, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Alex Bryson & Lorenzo Cappellari & Claudio Lucifora, 2004. "Do Job Security Guarantees Work?," CEP Discussion Papers dp0661, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE. [Downloadable!]
  4. Addison, John T. & Belfield, Clive R., 2002. "Unions and Employment Growth: The One Constant?," IZA Discussion Papers 479, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
  5. Booth, Alison L & McCulloch, Andrew, 1999. "Redundancy Pay, Unions and Employment," Manchester School, University of Manchester, vol. 67(3), pages 346-66, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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