1. Chapter 13 Unions and the Labor Market

2. Copyright © 2006 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. 13-2 TABLE 13.1 Union Membership and Bargaining Coverage, Selected Countries, 2004

3. Copyright © 2006 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. 13-3 FIGURE 13.1 Union Membership as a Percentage of All Workers, by Sector, United States, 1973–2002

4. Copyright © 2006 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. 13-4 TABLE 13.2 Percentage of U.S. Wage and Salary Workers Who Are Union Members, by Selected Characteristics, 2003

5. Copyright © 2006 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. 13-5 FIGURE 13.2 Effects of Demand Growth and the Wage Elasticity of Demand on the Market Constraints Faced by Unions

6. Copyright © 2006 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. 13-6 FIGURE 13.3 Union Maximizes Utility Subject to the Constraint of the Labor Demand Curve

7. Copyright © 2006 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. 13-7 FIGURE 13.4 Employer Isoprofit Curves

8. Copyright © 2006 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. 13-8 FIGURE 13.5 The Contract Curve— The Locus of Efficient Contracts

9. Copyright © 2006 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. 13-9 FIGURE 13.6 The Demand for and Supply of Unionization

10. Copyright © 2006 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. 13-10 TABLE 13.3 Union Representation Elections and Unfair Labor Practice Complaints Issued by NLRB, 1970–2003

11. Copyright © 2006 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. 13-11 FIGURE 13.7 Hicks's Bargaining Model and Expected Strike Length

12. Copyright © 2006 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. 13-12 FIGURE 13.8 Spillover Effects of Unions on Wages and Employment

13. Copyright © 2006 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. 13-13 FIGURE 13.9 Threat Effects of Unions on Wages and Employment in Nonunion Sector

14. Copyright © 2006 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. 13-14 FIGURE 13A.1 Utility Function for a Risk-Averse Party: Uncertainty about Arbitrator's Decision Leads to a Contract Zone

15. Copyright © 2006 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. 13-15 FIGURE 13A.2 Increased Uncertainty about Arbitrator's Decision Increases Size of the Contract Zone

16. Copyright © 2006 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. 13-16 FIGURE 13A.3 Utility Function for a Risk-Neutral Party: Contract Zone Is Reduced to a Single Point