Employee Well-being and Union Membership

Abstract

Using a random telephone survey of 645 New Zealand employees in unionised workplaces, we compare union members with non-members on four dimensions of employee well-being: felt work intensification in terms of work demands on time and role overload, job-induced stress, work-life imbalance, and job satisfaction. We find no differences between unionists and non-unionists in respect of overall job satisfaction, although two facet-level aspects of satisfaction do predict union membership - promotion opportunities and recognition levels. Union members also report higher levels of work overload and pressure, greater stress, and greater work-life imbalance compared to non-union members. These findings are discussed in relation to theories of union belonging

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