well-planned corporate campaign will lead to union victories in strikes or lockouts.The evidence used to test this … although the union waged an almost ideal campaign, they did not win the strike. Instead, it was only a partial victory. This is …

-Ner and Jun (1996) model ESOPs as a buyout option for the union. The ownership share of the typical union ESOP, though, is … by the union. We demonstrate that ESOPs create incentives for unions to become weaker bargainers. As a result, the model … bargaining efficiency, we find that the announcement of a union ESOP leads to a 50% larger stock market reaction as compared …

contributed to union growth, including the organisation and nature of work, the then-prevailing social values and the relative … effectiveness of trade union strategy vis-?-vis that of the employer. Similarly, the significant decline in union membership during … both within unions and the workforce generally. In this paper, we outline the rise and fall of trade union membership over …