Managers' and workers' attitudes toward unions in the U.S. and Canada

Resource type
Authors/contributors
Title
Managers' and workers' attitudes toward unions in the U.S. and Canada
Abstract
Current arguments about the causes of differing union density rates in the US and Canada range from public opinion hypothesis and differences in labor law, to increased US managerial hostility. Survey data on managers' and workers' attitudes in the 2 countries are used to examine the competing arguments. Using questions that probe opinions toward various aspects of union-firm relations, it is found that managers' attitudes in the 2 countries do not differ. This finding suggests that increased US managerial hostility is not the cause of the divergent unionization rates. US workers are the most militant of the 4 groups, with Canadian workers in the middle, between managers and US workers.
Publication
Relations Industrielles
Volume
50
Issue
3
Pages
550-566
Date
Summer 1995
Language
English
ISSN
0034379X
Accessed
3/9/15, 9:43 PM
Library Catalog
ProQuest
Rights
Copyright Universite Laval - Departement des Relations Industrielles Summer 1995
Citation
Saporta, I., & Lincoln, B. (1995). Managers’ and workers’ attitudes toward unions in the U.S. and Canada. Relations Industrielles, 50(3), 550–566. http://www.erudit.org/revue/ri/1995/v50/n3/index.html