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50 Osgoode Hall L. J. 965 (2012-2013)
Workplace Voice and Civic Engagement: What Theory and Data Tell Us about Unions and Their Relationship to the Democratic Process

handle is hein.journals/ohlj50 and id is 1017 raw text is: 965 Workplace Voice and Civic Engagement: What Theory and Data TeLl Us About Unions and Their Relationship to the Democratic Process ALEX BRYSON, RAFAEL GOMEZ, TOBIAS KRETSCHMER & PAUL WILLMAN * We offer an explanation for the phenomenon of declining democratic engagement by assuming that what happens at work is the primary driver of what occurs outside of the workplace. If workers are exposed to the formalities of collective bargaining and union representation, they also perhaps increase their attachment to, and willingness to participate in, structures of democratic governance outside of the workplace as well. In order for this argument to hold, one first needs to test whether individual union members are more prone to vote and participate in civil society than non-members: Other research refers to this as the union voting premium. We find that the voice effect of unionism on democratic participation is significant and is larger for groups that are significantly under-represented when it comes to voting, namely those with fewer years of education, immigrants, and younger workers. We also discuss the legal implications of these findings. Nous cherchons a expliquer le declin de l'engagement d6mocratique en supposant que ce qui se produit au travail est te moteur principal de ce qui arrive hors du lieu de travail. Lorsque Respectively Senior Research Fellow, NIESR and CEP; Associate Professor at the Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources, University of Toronto; Full Professor, Munich School of Management and Research Associate Centre for Economic Performance; and Full Professor, Department of Management, London School of Economics. The authors are grateful to Harry Boyte, John Budd, J Ryan Lamare, Roland Zullo, Marick F Masters, Aaron Sojourner, Ian Sakinofsky, Benjamin Stafford, Jake Rosenfeld, and two anonymous referees for insightful commentary. Special thanks to Ana Gomes for helpful input on related research, and to Bertrand Valery and Umar Boodoo for outstanding research assistance. An earlier version of this article was originally presented at the Voices At Work North American Workshop (16-17 March 2012), hosted at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto and funded by the Leverhulme Trust, the Centre for Labour Management Relations at Ryerson University, and Osgoode Hall Law School.

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