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Estimating the Effect of “Change to Win†on Union Organizing

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  • Rachel Aleks

    (Rachel Aleks is an Assistant Professor in the ILR School, Cornell University.)

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In a 2005 effort to reinvigorate new-member organizing efforts, seven unions split from the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) to form a new union federation, Change to Win. Using ten years of data from the National Labor Relations Board and the National Mediation Board and a difference-in-difference estimator, the author estimates the effect of Change to Win policies on whether a union won its certification election and the number and percentage of workers successfully organized. The results indicate no statistically significant difference in organizing success following Change to Win’s implementation of new organizing strategies and practices, relative to the AFL-CIO.

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  • Rachel Aleks, 2015. "Estimating the Effect of “Change to Win†on Union Organizing," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 68(3), pages 584-605, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ilrrev:v:68:y:2015:i:3:p:584-605
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    1. Rebecca Kolins Givan & Adrienne E. Eaton, 2021. "Mobilizing to Win in Europe: Change to Win and the Diffusion of Union Strategy," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 59(3), pages 617-642, September.
    2. Martin Behrens & Andreas Pekarek, 2021. "Divided We Stand? Coalition Dynamics in the German Union Movement," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 59(2), pages 503-531, June.

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