Download or read book Labor Unions and the Economic Performance of Firms written by Barry T. Hirsch and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compares data collected in a 1987 and 1988 survey of about 450 enterprises, with similar data for 1972 and 1977, and concludes that companies with extensive unionisation had lower rates of profit, market value and investment than similar non-union firms.