The Theory of Union Growth

Abstract

I. Conditions favorable to union growth: unions as defensive organizations, 611; the “prosperity theory,” 614; union growth and price movements, 617. — Preliminary formulation of a theory of union growth, 619. — II. Booms in union growth, 620. — The influence of wars, 622. — Inertia, 623. — Employer opposition, 624. — The “welfare” approach, 625. — III. The importance of leadership, 625. — IV. The influence of industrialization, 628. — V. Conclusion: expansion of the preliminary theory of union growth, 632.