Types of Interest Groups
{"Image DocumentName": "Types of Interest Groups", "Image ImageDescription": "Economic Interest Groups. Business \u2013 large corporations, including multinationals. Trade and Other Associations \u2013 businesses with similar interests join together as associations which are as diverse as the product and services they provide. Labor \u2013 workers\u2019 associations with shared interests, ranging from professional standards to wage and working conditions. Examples: American Farm Bureau Federation, United Farm Workers Association, AFL-CIO. Open shops \u2013 union membership cannot required. Closed shops \u2013 union membership can be required. Free riders \u2013 individual not in the union but who benefits from union activity. Economic interests pursue what benefits them both financially and politically. Businesses with similar interests join together as trade associations, as diverse as the products and services they provide. Labor unions are one of the most important groups representing workers, yet the American workforce is the least unionized of almost any industrial democracy. Union membership is optional in states whose laws permit the open shop, in which workers cannot be required to join a union as a condition of employment. In states with the closed shop, workers may be required to join a union to be hired at a particular company if most employees at that company vote to unionize. When a person benefits from the work or service of an organization like a union (or even a public TV or radio station) without joining or contributing to it, this condition is referred to as the free rider problem.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}