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Political coalitions for mutual advantage: The case of the tobacco institute's labor management committee

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  • Balbach, E.D.
  • Barbeau, E.M.
  • Manteufel, V.
  • Pan, J.

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In 1984, the tobacco workers' union and the Tobacco Institute, which represents US tobacco companies, formed a labor management committee (LMC). The institute relied on LMC unions to resist smoke-free worksite rules. In a review of the internal tobacco industry documents now publicly available, we found that the LMC succeeded for 2 primary reasons. First, the LMC furthered members' interests, allowing them to overcome institutional barriers to policy success. Second, the LMC used an "institutions, ideas, and interests" strategy to encourage non-LMC unions to oppose smoke-free worksite rules. While public health advocates missed an opportunity to partner with unions on the issue of smoke-free worksites during the era studied, they can use a similar strategy to form coalitions with unions.

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  • Balbach, E.D. & Barbeau, E.M. & Manteufel, V. & Pan, J., 2005. "Political coalitions for mutual advantage: The case of the tobacco institute's labor management committee," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 95(6), pages 985-993.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2004.052126_7
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.052126
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    1. Yvette van der Eijk & Stanton A Glantz, 2017. "Tobacco industry attempts to frame smoking as a 'disability' under the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(11), pages 1-15, November.

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