New statistical modeling suggests that sectoral bargaining could more than double collective bargaining coverage in the United States and generate big gains in union density.

The United States currently lags behind peer nations. Countries that rely on sectoral bargaining consistently achieve much higher coverage rates than the U.S. workplace-based system.

Nausicaa Renner on Paul Heideman, Rogue Elephant. Hollowed-out parties and capitalist sectoralization said to underlie the ...