Targeting teachers while shielding cops? The politics of punishing enemies and rewarding friends in American state collective bargaining reform agendas

Wade, Magic M.

doi:10.1111/wusa.12338

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“…Research on the collective bargaining reforms following the Great Recession (2007)(2008)(2009) shows that some took the form of right-to-work style restrictions aimed to prevent organizing, whereas others limited bargaining rights without hindering organizing (Wade, 2019). Further, analysis of the reforms during that time also shows that police and firefighters were targeted less frequently and sometimes explicitly exempt from collective bargaining restrictions (Wade, 2018).…”

Section: The Relationship Between Firefighter Unions and Firefighter ...mentioning

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Do collective bargaining rights save lives? A rare event analysis of firefighter fatalities in the United States

Wells

2021

Risk Hazard & Crisis Pub Pol

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Risk analysis research often focuses on regulation, assessment, and management rather than risk governance. This study contributes to the risk governance literature by analyzing the relationship between collective bargaining rights for firefighters and firefighter fatalities in the United States. Using statelevel data from 2009 through 2018, this analysis shows that states with duty-to-bargain rights for firefighters have fewer firefighter fatalities than those without duty-to-bargain rights. Further, this analysis shows that the benefit of duty-to-bargain rights dissipates in states with a high percentage of fully volunteer fire departments. This study concludes with a discussion of the implications for fire departments and public policy.

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Section: The Relationship Between Firefighter Unions and Firefighter ...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Do collective bargaining rights save lives? A rare event analysis of firefighter fatalities in the United States

Wells

2021

Risk Hazard & Crisis Pub Pol

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“…5 At the individual level, states’ labor laws have a significant impact on who gets organized and participates in mass politics (Feigenbaum, Hertel-Fernandez, and Williamson 2018; Flavin and Hartney 2015; Hertel-Fernandez 2018), with the Democratic Party long relying on organized labor as an important ally in campaign get-out-the-vote operations (Asher et al 2001; Dark 1999; Flavin and Radcliff 2011). Some have suggested that the weakening of public-sector labor laws is a deliberate attempt by Republicans to hinder the political mobilization of Democratic-leaning constituencies (Wade 2018; Hertel-Fernandez 2018), an argument that attests to the profound potential consequences of labor retrenchment for American politics.…”

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Financial Solidarity: The Future of Unions in the post-JanusEra

Finger¹,

Hartney²

2019

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In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court adopted a “right-to-work” (RTW) legal regime for the entire government workforce (Janus v. AFSCME). While many predict lower union membership, few have considered how Janus will challenge the overall cost-sharing strategy that unions use to ensure their affiliates’ organizational maintenance and survival. Using the National Education Association (NEA) as our empirical example, we develop and test a theory we call “financial solidarity,” which posits that union organizational maintenance hinges on the transfer of resources from affiliates in strong labor states to those in weaker labor states. We demonstrate that this system is in effect by showing that most NEA revenue originates from dues and fees paid by teachers in strong labor states and then by examining the causal effect of labor law retrenchment on affiliates’ reliance on their national union between 2005–2018. We find that the NEA transfers an additional $6–10 per member and is significantly more likely to make a political contribution in an affiliate’s state in the aftermath of retrenchment. These findings highlight that unions are maintained on an organizational model that relies on a balance of strong and weak state labor laws. By upending that equilibrium, Janus threatens to undermine the power of labor in American politics.

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“…In 2016, the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) endorsed Republican candidate Donald Trump after denying Republican candidate Mitt Romney an endorsement in 2012 because Romney opposed public sector unions (Zoorob, 2019). Pertaining to state legislative action restricting public employee unions, states often target teacher unions while protecting public safety unions (Wade, 2018). Nonetheless, from 2007 to 2014 a total of 14 states introduced bills reforming collective bargaining for public safety unions (Wade, 2018).…”

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Police unions and police fatalities in the United States, 1990−2018

Wells

Robinson

2023

International Journal of Police Science & Management

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As of 2018, thirty-one states granted collective bargaining rights to police officers that require local government management to recognize and collectively bargain in good faith with police unions. Although scholars have identified factors related to police fatalities, the influence of police unions has gone understudied. Research in other occupational areas shows that union strength is associated with fewer workplace injuries and fatalities. This research analyzes the influence of union strength and collective bargaining rights on police fatalities. Using state-level data from 1990 to 2018, a rare-event analysis of police fatalities indicates that states with strong public employee unions experience fewer accidental line-of-duty deaths of police officers. Further, this analysis shows that states which grant collective bargaining rights to police officers have fewer felonious line-of-duty deaths of police officers compared with those that do not grant police collective bargaining rights. This article concludes with a discussion of the policy implications and the role of collective bargaining in police safety.

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Targeting teachers while shielding cops? The politics of punishing enemies and rewarding friends in American state collective bargaining reform agendas

Cited by 18 publications

References 22 publications

Do collective bargaining rights save lives? A rare event analysis of firefighter fatalities in the United States

Do collective bargaining rights save lives? A rare event analysis of firefighter fatalities in the United States

Financial Solidarity: The Future of Unions in the post-JanusEra

Police unions and police fatalities in the United States, 1990−2018

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