Law and the future of organized labor in America
Year: 2024
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: This chapter examines two questions: (1) what are the implications of the decline of unions for the future of labor law, and (2) what are the implications of labor law for the decline of unions? After documenting the recent trends (decline in the private sector coupled with slight growth in the public sector), I argue that the change in the public-versus-private composition will lead unions to pursue legislative strategies that will further reduce the share of the private sector workforce in unions. A law reform program that has any chance of success in reversing the decline of private-sector unions will have to aim to reduce the competitive disadvantage to firms from unionization. I offer two proposals in this vein: (1) making labor law more predictable and (2) removing the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) from regulating the substantive terms of labor contracts.
Source: Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks
Parent work: The Economics of Labor Law
Author: Keith N. Hylton
Institution: Boston University
Language: English
Topic: Labor Movements and Unions
Subfield: Industrial relations
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3125865629