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Why have Americans, who by a clear majority approve of unions, been
joining them in smaller numbers than ever before? This book answers
that question by comparing the American experience with that of
Canada, where approval for unions is significantly lower than in
the United States, but where since the mid-1960s workers have
joined organized labor to a much greater extent. Given that the two
countries are outwardly so similar, what explains this paradox?
This book provides a detailed comparative analysis of both
countries using, among other things, a detailed survey conducted in
the United States and Canada by the Ipsos-Reid polling group.The
authors explain that the relative reluctance of employees in the
United States to join unions, compared with those in Canada, is
rooted less in their attitudes toward unions than in the former
country's deep-seated tradition of individualism and laissez-faire
economic values. Canada has a more statist, social democratic
tradition, which is in turn attributable to its Tory and European
conservative lineage. Canadian values are therefore more supportive
of unionism, making unions more powerful and thus, paradoxically,
lowering public approval of unions. Public approval is higher in
the United States, where unions exert less of an influence over
politics and the economy.
Why have Americans, who by a clear majority approve of unions, been
joining them in smaller numbers than ever before? This book answers
that question by comparing the American experience with that of
Canada, where approval for unions is significantly lower than in
the United States, but where since the mid-1960s workers have
joined organized labor to a much greater extent. Given that the two
countries are outwardly so similar, what explains this paradox?
This book provides a detailed comparative analysis of both
countries using, among other things, a detailed survey conducted in
the United States and Canada by the Ipsos-Reid polling group.The
authors explain that the relative reluctance of employees in the
United States to join unions, compared with those in Canada, is
rooted less in their attitudes toward unions than in the former
country's deep-seated tradition of individualism and laissez-faire
economic values. Canada has a more statist, social democratic
tradition, which is in turn attributable to its Tory and European
conservative lineage. Canadian values are therefore more supportive
of unionism, making unions more powerful and thus, paradoxically,
lowering public approval of unions. Public approval is higher in
the United States, where unions exert less of an influence over
politics and the economy.
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