10.2190/1WKB-MMWV-8MTB-BJF2 1WKBMMWV8MTBBJF2 0 FACTORS AFFECTING GROWTH IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR UNIONS 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=1WKBMMWV8MTBBJF2 1 WILLIAM J. MOORE This article describes a cross-sectional analysis developed by Moore and Newman to determine factors affecting growth in private sector unionism. Then the factors are changed to those of the public sector are the revised model is reanalyzed to determine public sector growth factors and differences among the states. The revised model was found to explain 56 percent of the variance in public sector unionism.