Non-union direct voice has replaced union representative voice as the primary avenue for employee voice in the British … voice and workplace outcomes. Voice is associated with lower voluntary turnover, especially in the case of union voice …. However, union voice is also associated with greater workplace conflict. We argue changes in voice in Britain are not best …

Using nationally representative workplace data for Britain we show that over the last quarter century union voice … – especially union-only voice – has been associated with poorer climate, more industrial action, poorer financial performance and … poorer labour productivity than nonunion voice and, in particular, direct voice. On the other hand, union-based voice regimes …

coverage is much higher than union density; and not all employees in a covered firm are necessarily covered. This institutional … setup suggests to distinguish explicitly union power as measured by net union density (NUD) in a labor market segment … regressions, this is the first empirical paper which simultaneously analyzes these three dimensions of union influence on the …

problems while firm-based non-union channels of voice reduce reported problems, but unions that work effectively with … management and those that have sufficient strength to be taken seriously by management reduce the number of problems at union …

Non-union direct voice has replaced union representative voice as the primary avenue for employee voice in the British …, especially in the case of union voice. Union voice is also associated with greater workplace conflict and poorer productivity …

This paper presents evidence of both counter-cyclical and secular decline in the union membership wage premiu m in the …