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Union Raids, Union Democracy, And The Market For Union Control, Stewart J. Schwab
Union Raids, Union Democracy, And The Market For Union Control, Stewart J. Schwab
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
In this article, Professor Schwab compares the union member-leader relationship to the corporate shareholder-manager relationship and examines what can be learned from the voluminous literature regarding corporate control about problems of internal union democracy. Specifically, he questions whether a viable market for union control does or could exist that might induce leaders to act in the interests of their members. He analyzes the structural weaknesses in the market for union control and the legal factors inhibiting a union takeover market. Schwab concludes that a weak market does exist, despite the nonprofit nature of unions that limits the ability of leaders …