Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations.

Front Cover -- Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Changing Union Representation Election Voting Regimes: What Can We Learn? -- Introduction -- Electronic Voting and Prior Research on Its Impact on Turnout in Political Elections -- The RLA, the NMB, and Union Representation -- The Reaction of Investors to Changes in NMB Voting Procedures -- Methodology -- The Formal Model -- The Samples of Firms -- Event Periods -- The Rule Changes: 2002 -- The Rule Changes: 2007 -- The Rule Changes: 2010 -- Results of the Event Study -- Evidence from NMB Representation Election Data -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Appendix: Corporations in the Event Study Analysis -- Union Financial Reporting and Disclosure under the LMRDA: A Comparison of the Bush and Obama Administrations -- A New Era at the OLMS -- New Goals of Obama Administration in Union Reporting and Enforcement -- OLMS Focus on Compliance Assistance -- OLMS and Internal Union Elections -- OLMS Outreach and VCAs -- "Persuader Activity" and Worker Centers -- Bush Reporting Revisions and Union Transparency and Accountability -- Bush-Era Revisions Did Not Improve Transparency and Accountability -- More Detailed Reporting under the Revised Bush-Era LM-2s Did Not Result in Greater Transparency and Accountability -- More Detailed Information is Not the Same Thing as Increased Transparency -- What Kind of Financial Transparency and Accountability Do Union Members Want? -- If Not Union Members Did Not Benefit, Who Benefitted from the LM-2 Revisions? -- Did the Bush DOL Rules Impose an Onerous Burden on Unions? -- Significant Costs to the Federal Government -- Politicization of OLMS Personnel under the Bush II Administration -- Conclusion: What Was the Real Impact of the Bush Revisions? -- Notes -- References.