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Union membership and the willingness to prioritize environmental protection above growth and jobs: A multi-level analysis covering 22 European countries
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Abstract This article contributes to debates about trade unions and the environment by studying differences between union members and non-members when asked to prioritize between environmental protection and jobs and economic growth. Differences are explored in a multi-level framework based on European Value... view more
This article contributes to debates about trade unions and the environment by studying differences between union members and non-members when asked to prioritize between environmental protection and jobs and economic growth. Differences are explored in a multi-level framework based on European Values Study data from 2017, covering 22 European countries. The empirical results show that members are more pro-environmentally inclined than non-members. This is demonstrated to be attributable to a large extent to the fact that members tend to be more left-leaning politically, a disposition which tends to be associated positively with environmental concern. While those employed in transport and manufacturing generally are least likely to be willing to prioritize environmental protection, membership has the most pronounced positive effect in this group. The tendency for members to be more pro-environmentally inclined is consistent across the studied countries. The article also shows that both members and non-members in countries with higher collective bargaining coverage tend to be more pro-environmentally inclined. Implications of the findings are discussed in terms of the political nature of collective interest representation with which unions are concerned, broader debates about union renewal and the importance of unions in garnering workers’ support for a greener economy.... view less
Keywords
trade union; membership; environment; environmental protection; economic growth; attitude; priority; multi-level analysis; Europe; EVS
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Ecology, Environment
Free Keywords
ZA7500: European Values Study 2017: Integrated Dataset (EVS 2017) (Data file Version 4.0.0)
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Page/Pages
p. 1-21
Journal
British Journal of Industrial Relations (2021)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/bjir.12654
ISSN
1467-8543
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed