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Labor unions
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Abstract "Labor unions are interest associations of workers in waged employment. They are formed to improve the market situation and the life chances of their members, by representing them in the labor market, at the workplace, and in the polity, and in particular by collectively regulating their members' te... view more
"Labor unions are interest associations of workers in waged employment. They are formed to improve the market situation and the life chances of their members, by representing them in the labor market, at the workplace, and in the polity, and in particular by collectively regulating their members' terms of employment. Unions emerged in the transition to industrial society in the nineteenth century, together with the de-fedualization of work, the rise of free labor markets, and the commodification of labor. While employing modern means of formal organization, they represent an element of traditional collectivism in a market economy and society. Unions have taken a wide variety of forms and adopted different strategies in different historical periods, countries, and sectors. They are therefore favorite subjects of comparative social science." (excerpt)... view less
Keywords
government control; interest group; wage labor; economic control; steering; economy
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Organizational Sociology
Sociology of Work, Industrial Sociology, Industrial Relations
Method
historical
Collection Title
International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences
Editor
Smelser, Neil J.; Baltes, Paul
Document language
English
Publication Year
2001
Publisher
Elsevier
City
Amsterdam
Page/Pages
p. 8214-8220
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications
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