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The Logic of Labor Quiescence

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In 1993, the government of Alberta embarked on an ambitious plan to eliminate the provincial debt by 2010 and balance the budget within four years without raising taxes. The major vehicles to the plan's achievement were unprecedented budget cuts and public sector restructuring. Initially, public sector union leaders were defiant, promising an all-out struggle to thwart policies that jeopardized the unions' vested interests in job security and organizational survival. More than five years later, unions have failed to influence in any significant way policy development and implementation. I explore why public sector unions did not mount any collective action to influence the political discourse in Alberta between 1993 and 1998.

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  • Yonatan Reshef, 2001. "The Logic of Labor Quiescence," Journal of Labor Research, Transaction Publishers, vol. 22(3), pages 635-652, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:tra:jlabre:v:22:y:2001:i:3:p:635-652
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