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Union Densities, Business Unionism, and Working-Class Struggle: Labour Movement Decline in the United States and Japan, 1930-2000
Resource type
Author/contributor
- Holt, Wythe (Author)
Title
Union Densities, Business Unionism, and Working-Class Struggle: Labour Movement Decline in the United States and Japan, 1930-2000
Abstract
The article looks at the reason for the decline in union densities in Japan and the U.S. Union density is defined as the number of workers who are members of unions. According to the article, the drop in the U.S. started in 1953 while it began in Japan in 1975. The author claims that the reason for this decline is because of business unionism, which is a situation when the union leadership agrees to terms acceptable to business and has no interest in democratic participation in decision-making by the workers.
Publication
Labour / Le Travail
Volume
59
Pages
99-131
Date
Spring 2007
Journal Abbr
Labour / Le Travail
ISSN
07003862
Short Title
Union Densities, Business Unionism, and Working-Class Struggle
Accessed
4/23/15, 4:56 PM
Library Catalog
EBSCOhost
Citation
Holt, W. (2007). Union Densities, Business Unionism, and Working-Class Struggle: Labour Movement Decline in the United States and Japan, 1930-2000. Labour / Le Travail, 59, 99–131. http://www.lltjournal.ca/index.php/llt/issue/view/513
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