It is a commonplace that organized labor has had little influence in community policy in the United States. Prior to the New Deal, community decisions were made largely by business and professional groups. Since 1932, when organized labor obtained legal support for collective bargaining, unions...

If business is abandoning control of the city, organized labor is one of the strongest contenders to take its place. An analysis of organizational participation and decision-making roles as revealed by both community and labor influentials in an industrial city reveals no change in the pattern...

The meaning of membership in trade unions has been a problem of persistent and basic interest to students of the labor movement. With the passing of the struggle for legal and institutional sanction, however, the focus of this interest has shifted from determining why workers join a union to the...