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Accounting for Collective Action: Resource Acquisition and Mobilization in British Unions

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Alex Bryson
P Willman

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The paper uses two data sources to map trends in resource availability for trade unions inBritain. Union resources exist on the one hand in the form of subscription income andaccumulated assets shown in union accounts and, on the other, establishment level resourcesprovided by employers and union members. The paper documents a substantial decline inboth forms of resource across the period 1990 -2004 and attempts to explain both the reasonsfor this decline and its consequences for employee representation in Britain.

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Paper provided by Centre for Economic Performance, LSE in its series CEP Discussion Papers with number dp0768.

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Keywords: Union membership;

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J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
J50 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - General
J51 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects

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  1. Jack Fiorito & John T. Delaney & Paul Jarley, 1995. "National union effectiveness in organizing: Measures and influences," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, ILR Review, ILR School, Cornell University, vol. 48(4), pages 613-635, July.
  2. John H. Pencavel, 1971. "The demand for union services: An exercise," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, ILR Review, ILR School, Cornell University, vol. 24(2), pages 180-190, January.
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