Organizing Clerical Workers: Determinants of Success
研究了影响私营部门文员工人工会组织选举结果的因素，发现工会存在强度和行业就业增长有正面影响，而罢工活动和管理层抵制有负面影响。
This paper investigates factors influencing the outcome of union organizing efforts among clerical workers in the private sector.Drawing on interviews with union officials involved in clerical organizing campaigns, the authors analyze NLRB data on elections held in 1979.They find that the percentage of clerical workers voting yes in representation elections was related positively to the strength of the union presence in the state and employment growth in the industry, and negatively to the level of strike activity in the state and management resistance to unionization.The delay between the filing of an election petition and the holding of the election had no significant effect on the vote.W ITH employment declining in those industries where unions have traditionally been strongest, unions must expand their presence in sectors of the economy where employment is growing in order to avoid further declines in membership and influence.Most of the expanding industries are in the service sector, where clerical workers account for a majority of employment.Labor leaders are aware of the importance of responding to the changing economy.In a 1984 AFL-CIO seminar, for example, several speakers called for increased organizing activity among women workers in white-collar occupations.