The why Americans like unions more than Canadians do, but join much less Lipset, Seymour Martin. creator Meltz, Noah M. aut,. Gómez, Rafael Kochan, Thomas A. forewd. text bibliography nyu Ithaca London ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press 2004 monographic eng

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xii, 226 p. : ill., map., forms. ; 24 cm. Paradoxes, anomalies and hypotheses -- Union density in a cross-national context -- The evolution of trade unions in the United States and Canada: the emergence of "the gap" in union density -- Social democratic Canada/free market United States -- Attitudes and values: an inverted relationship -- Frustrated demand: more Americans want to join unions -- The contribution of states and provinces to the unionization gap -- Unions among professionals and other white-collar workers in the United States -- Unions among professionals and other white-collar workers in Canada -- Estimates of non-union employee representation: how different are the two countries? -- The legacy of differing cultural and political histories on unionization -- Appendix I. Union membership and union density estimates: methodology and comparability -- Appendix II. Transcript of survey on attitudes toward work. Seymour Martin Lipset and Noah M. Meltz with Rafael Gómez and Ivan Katchanovski ; foreword by Thomas A. Kochan. Includes bibliographical references: ( p.[ 211]- 220) and index. n-us--- n-cn--- Labor union members United States Labor unions United States Labor union members Canada Labor unions Canada Sindicalistas Estados Unidos Sindicatos Canadá Sindicalistas Canadá HD 6508 L767p 2004 331.880973 0801442001 2003024992 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0411/2003024992.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0411/2003024992.html DLC 031117 20230410115438.0 124072