UNION ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES - A COMPARATIVE-ANALYSIS

In response to growing challenges, many labor organizations are reeval uating themselves in an effort to become more efficient and effective. Their efforts, however, are limited by their frames of reference. Sel dom do unions compare practices across labor movements. To expand thes e frames of reference we compare union administrative practices in thr ee countries: Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Two s pecific areas of union administration are examined - human resource/pe rsonnel practices and strategic planning. Results from these countries are presented and analyzed to identify and explain similarities and d ifferences.