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Voting for Wage Concessions: The Case of the 1982 GM-UAW Negotiations

Voting for Wage Concessions: The Case of the 1982 GM-UAW Negotiations The authors of this paper use the median voter model to predict the patterns of rank-and-file voting on wage concessions in a multiplant setting, then test those predictions using data from the 1982 GM-UAW negotiations. The model predicts that workers in plants with large layoffs will vote in favor of a wage concession only if they believe that a concession will save their jobs. Surprisingly, workers in plants with growing or stable employment are also actually more likely to vote Yes. A third prediction is that the Yes vote will be smallest in plants with the most adversarial labor relations. The empirical analysis supports all three predictions. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png ILR Review SAGE

Voting for Wage Concessions: The Case of the 1982 GM-UAW Negotiations

Kaufman, Bruce E.; Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge
ILR Review , Volume 41 (2): 12 – Jan 1, 1988
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SAGE
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© 1988 Cornell University
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0019-7939
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2162-271X
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10.1177/001979398804100201
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Abstract

The authors of this paper use the median voter model to predict the patterns of rank-and-file voting on wage concessions in a multiplant setting, then test those predictions using data from the 1982 GM-UAW negotiations. The model predicts that workers in plants with large layoffs will vote in favor of a wage concession only if they believe that a concession will save their jobs. Surprisingly, workers in plants with growing or stable employment are also actually more likely to vote Yes. A third prediction is that the Yes vote will be smallest in plants with the most adversarial labor relations. The empirical analysis supports all three predictions.

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ILR Review – SAGE

Published: Jan 1, 1988

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