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Trying to Stem the Flow: Union Membership Turnover in the Public Sector
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Labor RelationEducationPublic Personnel AdministrationUnion Membership TurnoverHuman Resource ManagementOrganizational BehaviorIndustrial RelationManagementCollective BargainingEmployee RelationPublic PolicyMembership TurnoverLabor RelationsOrganizational CommunicationPublic SectorSociologyBusinessParticipative UnionismLabor-management Negotiation
Based on a survey of members leaving UNISON, this study suggests that more than 40,000 members leave the union every year because of their dissatisfaction with some aspect of structure, organisation or policy. This analysis identifies some of the barriers faced by unions that are attempting to promote more participative unionism in order to reduce rates of membership turnover.