unions whereas many UK workers free-ride at unionized workplaces. To explain this difference, we create a scalar measure of … determinant of worker desire for unions and collective representation. Conditional on needs, we find that in both countries … workers are more favourable to unions when management is positive toward unions, but also favor them when management strongly …

This paper examines the impact of trade unions in the US and the UK and elsewhere. In both the US and the UK, despite … declining membership numbers, unions are able to raise wages substantially over the equivalent non-union wage. Unions in other … there is a trend change in the impact of unions. It is our view that most likely what has happened is that the tightening of …