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This article investigates the extent and outcomes of multi-union elections involving incumbent unions between 1974 and 1986. During this 13 year period a total of 1423 raid elections (an average of 109 per year) were conducted. The data reveal that the number of raid elections is declining and that unions, as opposed to no-union, continue to be victorious in the majority of cases, although there is considerable regional, industrial, union, and bargaining unit size variance in union victory rates.
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Odewahn, C., Scott, C. An analysis of multi-union elections involving incumbent unions. Journal of Labor Research 10, 197–205 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02685264
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02685264