The introduction of market-based reforms over the past twenty-five years has fundamentally changed the way healthcare is delivered in the United States. This paper reports the results of a survey of the workplace experiences and attitudes of hospital-based registered nurses under healthcare...

This study summarizes the history of bargaining units formed to represent professional employees of American unions and presents the results of a 1987-88 survey of officers of 40 such professional staff unions. These special unions, which date to the early 1950s, resemble conventional unions in...

Using data from the May 1975 to 1981 Current Population Surveys, the authors examine the impact of international competition on union and nonunion wages. Two findings emerge from the study. First, international competition, measured by import share, was a significant determinant of union and...