Background
Chaison, Gary N. was born on October 21, 1943 in Brooklyn. Son of Alfred A. Chaison, B. Chaison Ada.
(Legitimacy is vital to unions. Without it, they lose poli...)
Legitimacy is vital to unions. Without it, they lose political and ideological support, members, and access to funds. Gary Chaison and Barbara Bigelow use the concept of legitimacy as a lens through which to understand the steady decline in union size and influence and to suggest new strategies for union revitalization.Chaison and Bigelow relate legitimacy to five case studies: the UPS strike, the organization of clerical workers at Harvard, the AFL-CIO associate membership campaign, the fight against NAFTA, and the Massachusetts Nurses Association Campaign for Safe Care. The cases show the need for unions to move beyond pragmatic concerns and link their activities to the broader interests of their constituencies, demonstrating not only that they offer something tangible in return for support (pragmatic legitimacy) but also that they are doing the right thing (moral legitimacy).Chaison and Bigelow's work has practical implications for the management of unions' core activities―organizing, collective bargaining, and political action.
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( The past fifteen years have been difficult for the labo...)
The past fifteen years have been difficult for the labor movements in industrial countries. Gary N. Chaison addresses questions implicit in the decline of unions in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand: How and why do labor unions merge under pressure? What role do mergers play in the unions' strategies to deal with membership losses, management opposition, and hostile governments? Are there distinctive national profiles of union mergers? Chaison begins by describing the dynamics of the union merger process as large unions combine with each other in amalgamations, as small unions are absorbed into larger ones, and as local unions affiliate into nationals. He discusses the reasons for mergers, the barriers to consolidation, and the problems of integration which may result. The five chapters that follow are arranged in order of increasing intensity in merger activity, ranging from the United States, where interest in mergers is growing, to New Zealand, where changing legislation has catalyzed an enormous wave of mergers. For each of the five countries considered, Chaison characterizes the industrial relations climate and merger record since 1980, explains landmark mergers, identifies the antecedents, and assesses the chances that a sudden flood of mergers will occur. The final chapter compares the national profiles, extrapolating the significant differences and common threads. Chaison concludes that while mergers can play a critical role in revitalizing labor movements and building the dominant unions of the future, they are not necessarily solving the fundamental economic and political problems that plague unions.
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researcher Labor relations educator
Chaison, Gary N. was born on October 21, 1943 in Brooklyn. Son of Alfred A. Chaison, B. Chaison Ada.
Bachelor, City College New York, 1965. Master of Business Administration, City College New York, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy, State University of New York, Buffalo., 1972.
Assistant to associate professor University New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada, 1972—1981. Professor Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, since 1981.
( The past fifteen years have been difficult for the labo...)
(Legitimacy is vital to unions. Without it, they lose poli...)
Member of Academy Management, Canada Industrial Relations Association, International Industrial Relations Association, Industrial Relations Research Association.
Married Joanne D. Danaher.