Unions in the next century: An exploratory essay

This essay explores the prospects for unionism throughout the world in the next century. It begins by examining the prospects for democracy and presupposes that employee organizations will emerge in democratic societies. Although there seems to be little chance that many nondemocratic countries will embrace democracy, some form of worker organization may emerge in some of these countries. Unionism in many democratic countries, however, is waning, so the prospects for unionism throughout the world are not very good. The author is indebted to Kenneth W. Coleman for considerable guidance.