From the Webbs to the Web
Subtitle: the contribution of the Internet to reviving union fortunes
By: Richard B. Freeman.
Contributors: National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series ;; working paper 11298; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;; working paper no. 11298.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Labor unions -- Effect of technological innovations on -- United States.; Labor unions -- Effect of technological innovations on -- Great Britain.; World Wide Web.; Internet -- United States.; Internet -- Great Britain.; Communication in organizations -- Technological innovations -- United States.; Communication in organizations -- Technological innovations -- Great Britain.
Description: "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"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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