BusinessJanuary 5, 1998
BUSINESS MEMO: UNION MEMBERSHIP DOWN
Union membership is declining. The number of unionized workers fell sharply during the decade, 1985-1995, in most of the 90 countries surveyed by the International Labor Organization. The drop was sharpest in central and eastern European countries, with an average decline of almost 36 percent. In contrast, South Africa saw union membership more than double...
Union membership is declining.
The number of unionized workers fell sharply during the decade, 1985-1995, in most of the 90 countries surveyed by the International Labor Organization.
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The drop was sharpest in central and eastern European countries, with an average decline of almost 36 percent. In contrast, South Africa saw union membership more than double.
U.S. union membership fell 21 percent during the decade.
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