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Attitudes of Non-Union Members Towards Unions

In: The Economic Effects of Trade Unions in Japan

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  • Toshiaki Tachibanaki

    (Kyoto University)

  • Tomohiko Noda

    (Momoyama Gakuin University)

Abstract

As was emphasized previously, the union participation rate is falling. We suggested several reasons for this decline. This chapter pays attention to motivations of employees in non-unionized firms, and examines whether these employees are interested in organizing a new union, or in joining an existing union. This subject is interesting because the declining trend in the union participation rate could be stopped, if we were able to observe strong motivation regarding the movement of unionization among employees in currently non-unionized firms. In other words, even if a large number of union members quit or withdraw from unions, a large number of entries to union memberships, which would be caused by the birth of new unions or of new union memberships, might cancel out these withdrawals. If we observed negative attitudes towards unions, this study would prompt us to formulate policies which transform attitudes from negative to positive. The principal purpose of this chapter is, thus, to examine how non-union members evaluate a union, and the attitude towards working life in general.

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  • Toshiaki Tachibanaki & Tomohiko Noda, 2000. "Attitudes of Non-Union Members Towards Unions," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: The Economic Effects of Trade Unions in Japan, chapter 3, pages 40-62, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-333-98380-5_3
    DOI: 10.1057/9780333983805_3
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