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This is a broad assessment of the institutional health of the 28 major national unions in the United States. The membership in the unions and the financial and political resources are examined specifically from 1979 through 1993. The focus on this era is because it contains the 1980s-a time when the unions were assailed from several positions. The fundamental idea in this work is that the resources of the union affect their capacities to undertake a variety of activities, and that the unions have a great deal of institutional strength which is likely to ensure their existence in the future.
List of contents
Introduction
The Strategic FrameworkStrategic Perspectives on Union Resources: Human, Financial, and Political Capital
The Challenge to UnionsUnion Density and Membership
Union Human, Financial, and Political CapitalMajor Union Membership Trends
The Financial Capital of Unions
How Unions Raise and Spend Money
The Financial Performance of Unions
Union Political Capital and the Legal Enactment Strategy
Union ProfilesUnion Profiles
Strategic ImplicationsBaseline Union Budgets: Implications for Representational Services and Bargaining Clout
Strategic Union Resource Allocations
Union Growth Scenarios and Mergers
Strategic Direction and RecommendationsStrategies for Union Growth
The Future of U.S. Unions
Bibliography
Index
About the author
MARICK F. MASTERS is Professor of Business Administration at the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Masters has written widely on labor issues in several journals.
