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Do workers speak up when feeling job insecure? Examining workers’ response to precarity during the COVID-19 pandemic

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  • Rho, Hye Jin
  • Riordan, Christine
  • Ibsen, Christian Lyhne
  • Lamare, J. Ryan
  • Tapia, Maite

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The COVID-19 pandemic inflicted unprecedented precarity upon workers, including concerns about job insecurity. We examine whether workers respond to job insecurity with voice, and assess the role of unions, managers, and employment arrangements in this relationship. Analyses of an original 2020 survey representative of Illinois and Michigan workers show that job insecurity is not significantly associated with voice. Further, while we find that union membership and confidence in organized labor are positively associated with voice, insecure workers are less likely to speak up than secure workers as confidence in organized labor increases. Last, we find that insecure nonstandard workers are less likely to use voice than their secure counterparts.

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  • Rho, Hye Jin & Riordan, Christine & Ibsen, Christian Lyhne & Lamare, J. Ryan & Tapia, Maite, 2023. "Do workers speak up when feeling job insecure? Examining workers’ response to precarity during the COVID-19 pandemic," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 125305, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    • Handle: RePEc:ehl:lserod:125305
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    Keywords

    COVID-19; employment precarity; job security; nonstandard work; unions; voice;
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    JEL classification:

    • R14 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Land Use Patterns
    • J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General
    • J50 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - General

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