To what extent is labour mobility in the European Union a threat to the strength of unions? We argue that the … workers, but no effect on union membership. Our results question important theories of unionization and are relevant for …

Till the early-1990s the collectively-bargained labor contract (between the trade-union that presented the employees …

Till the early-1990s the collectively-bargained labor contract (between the trade-union that presented the employees …

This paper presents new empirical evidence about the wage gap between union and nonunion workers in Brazil. In … principle, due to the rules governing union organization/mobilization, no one should rationally expect such gap. However, as …

: How do labor laws and union legislation affect collective bargaining processes? Do unions influence wage formation and …

union to lower wages. This mitigates the positive impact on absence. Moreover, a union may oppose higher sick pay if it … reduces labour supply sufficiently. Better employee health tends to foster wage demands. If the union determines both wages …

to the basic assumptions that animate traditional labor law: first, that a union has leverage and significant bargaining … power vis-à-vis an employer; second, that the union and the employer are repeat players in negotiations, and that … calculations; and third, that the bargaining unit represented by the union is relatively easily discernable and relatively stable …