og-8一个词的理解

swlfx

OG第8篇读了很多遍了，但是有一个词一直感觉意思模糊，请各位指点一下：

Prior to 1975, union efforts to organize public-sector clerical workers, most of whom are women, were somewhat limited. The factors favoring unionization drives seem to have been either the presence of large numbers of workers, as in LACE>New York CityLACE>, to make it worth the effort, or the concentration of small numbers in one or two locations, such as a hospital, to make it relatively easy. Receptivity to unionization on the workers’ part was also a consideration, but when there were large numbers involved or the clerical workers were the only unorganized group in a jurisdiction, the multi-occupational unions would often try to organize them regardless of the workers’ initial receptivity. The strategic reasoning was based, first, on the concern that politicians and administrators might play off  unionized against non-unionized workers, and, second, on the conviction that a fully unionized public work force meant power, both at the bargaining table and in the legislature. In localities where clerical workers were few in number, were scattered in several workplaces, and expressed no interest in being organized, unions more often than not ignored them in the pre-1975 period.

wangyu73cn

我也不清楚这个名词的准确意思，只模糊把握其大概指运动或支持力量的意思。

swlfx

呵呵，多谢斑竹，我再体会体会。

mildsevens

从后面的话来看，理解成“驱动力”是不是好一点？

swlfx

谢谢楼上，基本应该是这个意思了。