Yates, Michael D.,
Workers Looking for Jobs, Unions Looking for Members. Michael D. Yates. - Monthly Review, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 56, Business, 1522-3191; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: Workers Looking for Jobs, Unions Looking for Members, April 2004; pp. 36-48.
"Capitalist economies always experience cyclical ups and downs, and they are always susceptible to structural changes, such as technological revolutions. These, in turn, have multiple impacts on the working class. However, the strength of these impacts is critically dependent on how well workers are collectively organized, both in their workplaces and politically. It is one thing to lose a job as a steelworker in a nonunion plant; it is another to lose one in a unionized workplace. It is one thing to have your job outsourced when you were working in the United States; it is another to have it sent out of the country when you were employed in Germany. There is a great difference between being poor in the United States and being poor in Sweden. These differences are due to the different levels of organization of these countries' working classes." (MONTHLY REVIEW) The author suggests that "workers are better off, both in terms of wages and benefits and social provision, in places where union density is high."
1522-3191;
Capitalism
Employees--Economic conditions
Employment (Economic theory)
Household surveys
Labor economics
Labor market
Labor union members
Labor unions
Working class
AC1.S5
050
Workers Looking for Jobs, Unions Looking for Members. Michael D. Yates. - Monthly Review, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 56, Business, 1522-3191; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: Workers Looking for Jobs, Unions Looking for Members, April 2004; pp. 36-48.
"Capitalist economies always experience cyclical ups and downs, and they are always susceptible to structural changes, such as technological revolutions. These, in turn, have multiple impacts on the working class. However, the strength of these impacts is critically dependent on how well workers are collectively organized, both in their workplaces and politically. It is one thing to lose a job as a steelworker in a nonunion plant; it is another to lose one in a unionized workplace. It is one thing to have your job outsourced when you were working in the United States; it is another to have it sent out of the country when you were employed in Germany. There is a great difference between being poor in the United States and being poor in Sweden. These differences are due to the different levels of organization of these countries' working classes." (MONTHLY REVIEW) The author suggests that "workers are better off, both in terms of wages and benefits and social provision, in places where union density is high."
1522-3191;
Capitalism
Employees--Economic conditions
Employment (Economic theory)
Household surveys
Labor economics
Labor market
Labor union members
Labor unions
Working class
AC1.S5
050