behavior of firms and labor unions when firms threaten to use temporary agency employment in the bargaining process, 2) to … temporary agency employment to dampen the wage claims of labor unions. Furthermore, the model discusses how labor unions … agency employment in terms of their utility, firms gain from increasing profits and an extended employment level per firm. If …

theoretically more ambiguous, but empirically labelled as 'the one constant' among the effects of unions: employment growth is two …Unions and collective bargaining play a central role in shaping wages and influencing firms' employment decisions and … employment. Unions typically increase wages and other working conditions for their members and often all employees working in …