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Research ArticleII. Social Consequences of the Great Recession
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Labor Unions and the Great Recession

Ruth Milkman, Stephanie Luce
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences April 2017, 3 (3) 145-165; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2017.3.3.07
Ruth Milkman
aDistinguished professor of sociology at the City University of New York Graduate Center and research director of CUNY’s Murphy Institute
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Stephanie Luce
bProfessor of sociology at the City University of New York Graduate Center and professor of labor studies at CUNY’s Murphy Institute
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    Private Sector Unionization Rates, United States, 1950–1981

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    Private Sector Unionization Rates, United States, 1983–2014

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    National Labor Relations Board Representation Elections and Union Win Rates, 1973–2014

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    Public Sector Density Declines After Passage of the Restrictive Laws

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    Public Sector Density Declines Before Passage of the Restrictive Laws

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    Public Sector Density Fluctuations in Other States with Restrictive Laws

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    Changes in Employment and in Union Membership Between 2006 and 2014, Selected Industry Groups

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    Change in Total Employment, 2006–2014, and Union Density in 2006, Selected Industry Groups

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    • U.S. UNION DENSITY TRENDS AND THE GREAT RECESSION
    • AN INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE
    • NEW DIRECTIONS: “ALT-LABOR” AND TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY U.S. UNIONISM
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