Abstract
American workers are currently engaged in an upsurge in collective actions aimed at achieving a stronger voice and representation at work; this desire for increased voice at work is also evident in survey data. However, union organizing drives in the United States typically meet with strong employer resistance, and such resistance reduces the likelihood that the organizing effort will be successful. In addition to unions, a broad array of other efforts has been initiated to strengthen worker voice and representation. The authors discuss these efforts, including worker centers, and observe that there is no “one size fits all” approach to contemporary worker organizing.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 335-350 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Work and Occupations |
Volume | 50 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 2023 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Sociology and Political Science
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Keywords
- Worker voice
- strikes
- unions
- worker centers
- worker organizing