Union Bargaining Decisions and Contract Ratifications
The 1982 and 1984 Auto Agreements
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3364392 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Cappelli (0000-0002-9627-4027, corresponding author), William Paul Sterling (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 195 |
| Publication date | 1988-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Industrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2523630 |
| OpenAlex | W4239272127 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 16 |
The authors of this study investigate the determinants of union contract ratification votes by analyzing plant-level data relevant to the 1982 and 1984 auto industry agreements with the UAW. The results strongly suggest that the more vulnerable workers are to layoff, the more likely they are to vote for ratification of proposed agreements. The results also show, however, that workers tend to vote against ratification in plants in which, other things equal, the labor relations climate is poor. In addition, comparisons across contracts indicate how voting patterns associated with various plant and worker characteristics change when contract proposals shift toward greater job security and away from wage increases
Auto industry · Business · Collective bargaining · Counterfactual thinking · Economics · Labour economics · Law and economics · Layoff · Macroeconomics · Microeconomics · Political science · Politics · Ratification · Unemployment · Voting · Wage · Corporate Governance and Law · Engineering · Labor Movements and Unions · Law
A Modified Logit Model
Individual Preferences and Union Wage Determination
Why Workers Want Unions
The Effects of Grievance Activity on Productivity
Refusals to Ratify Contracts
Plant-Level Concession Bargaining
Is Contract Rejection a Major Collective Bargaining Problem
Frontiers of Collective Bargaining
Industrial Relations Performance, Economic Performance, and QWL Programs
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2025 (33) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |