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Movement Spillover and Union Support during the "Long Protest Wave"

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  • Ferguson, John-Paul

    (Stanford University)

  • Dudley, Thomas

    (Stanford University)

  • Soule, Sarah A.

    (Stanford University)

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This paper examines whether protest assocated with the "long protest wave" of the 1960s and 1970s positively influenced private-sector union support. Past research has found no such influence. We use measures designed to more closely represent the theoretical mechanisms proposed for spillover--specifically, union support rather than overall union density--and find a clear effect of protest on union support. Moreover, we find that this effect is greatest for unions with more progressive track records than for the labor movement as a whole. These results have implications for the social-movement literature on spillovers, labor studies, and organizational scholarship.

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  • Ferguson, John-Paul & Dudley, Thomas & Soule, Sarah A., 2015. "Movement Spillover and Union Support during the "Long Protest Wave"," Research Papers 3436, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business.
    • Handle: RePEc:ecl:stabus:3436
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