In this interview and case study, we examine the Bakken oil shale boom's effect on union density in western North Dakota to test if high labor demands assist unions in expanding their membership and winning concessions. Using a key informant approach, we find that unions took advantage of the high demand for labor, but this growth encountered important barriers, including a lack of an activist approach, the organization of work, and a political climate in which labor's interests are perceived to oppose the demands of the environmental movement, that need to be surmounted before booming labor demands can turn into gains for labor.

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开采、阶级和意识：巴肯油页岩地区工会化的案例研究

在这次采访和案例研究中，我们研究了巴肯油页岩热潮对北达科他州西部工会密度的影响，以测试高劳动力需求是否有助于工会扩大会员人数并赢得让步。使用关键知情人方法，我们发现工会利用了对劳动力的高需求，但这种增长遇到了重要障碍，包括缺乏积极的方法、工作组织以及劳工利益被认为是反对环保运动的要求，在蓬勃发展的劳动力需求转化为劳动力收益之前，需要克服这些要求。