Trade Union Growth and Decline: An International Study - Hardcover

by Walter Galenson (Author)

After a century of growth, trade union membership and influence have begun to decline in most of the economically advanced countries. This comprehensive analysis of membership trends covers developing as well as industrialized countries. The author's thesis is that the unions have failed to pay sufficient attention to the concerns of a labor force that is more educated, with a higher participation of women, and with a greater concern for job security than was true in the past.

Author Biography

WALTER GALENSON is Jacob Schurman Professor Emeritus at Cornell University, where he presently teaches in the graduate program in New York City./e He has authored 39 articles and 13 books, and edited 9 other books on economics and related subjects.