Medoff (1984) and considering the more recent literature we first review unions' political power at the example of the US. We … conclude that trade unions have not been very successful in increasing its monopoly power during the last decades. We then … duties as representatives and thus cannot be seen as the parliamentary arm of the trade unions. However, we present …

in den USA schwächer als in den Vorjahren, jedoch blieb die Konjunktur in allen anderen großen Wirtschaftsräumen kräftig …