Unions and Legitimacy

by Gary N. Chaison and Barbara J. Bigelow

Book Overview

Legitimacy is vital to unions. Without it, they lose political and ideological support, members, and access to funds. Gary Chaison and Barbara Bigelow use the concept of legitimacy as a lens through which to understand the steady decline in union size and influence and to suggest new strategies for union revitalization.Chaison and Bigelow relate legitimacy to five case studies: the UPS strike, the organization of clerical workers at Harvard, the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801435129
• ISBN13: 9780801435126
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher