Working Paper: NBER ID: w11298
Authors: Richard B. Freeman
Abstract: This paper shows that in the 2000s unions in the UK and US made innovative use of the Internet to deliver union services and move toward open source unions better suited for the modern world than traditional union structures. In contrast to analysts who see unions as being on an inexorable path of decline, I argue that these innovations are changing unions from institutions of the Webbs to institutions of the Web, which will improve their effectiveness and revive their role as the key worker organization in capitalism.
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JEL Codes: J0
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| The internet (L86) | transformation of unions (J51) |
| transformation of unions (J51) | enhancement of union effectiveness (J51) |
| transformation of unions (J51) | increased union membership (J51) |
| adoption of internet technologies (L86) | improved union services (J51) |
| improved union services (J51) | increased chances of success for unions (J58) |
| internet technologies (L86) | revitalization of the labor movement (J58) |