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The following is a comparison of union density among OECD countries. Note that this is normally lower than the rate of collective bargaining coverage (for example, France reported a union density of 9% in 2014, while collective bargaining covered 98.5% of workers in the same year). [1]
English: World map with countries shaded according to their trade union density rate with statistics provided by the International Labour Organization Department of Statistics 90.0–99. 9 % 80.0–89. 9 %
The union density or union membership rate conveys the number of trade union members who are employees as a percentage of the total number of employees in a given industry or country. [1] This is normally lower than collective agreement coverage rate, which refers to all people whose terms of work are collectively negotiated .
Those federations listed under each country are also known as national trade union centres and are organizations formed by trade unions which operate, in most cases, at the national level. The organizations listed in the worldwide section are industry/sectoral-specific (i.e. the GUFs ) and international organizations representing national trade ...
The number of people who are covered by collective agreements is higher than the number of union members (or the "union density" rate), and in many cases substantially higher, because when trade unions make collective agreements they aim to cover everyone at work, even those who have not necessarily joined for membership.
Generally countries with sectoral collective bargaining have higher rates of forced union organisation and better coverage of collective agreements than countries with enterprise bargaining. [1] Research by the OECD , [ 2 ] ILO [ 3 ] and the European Commission [ 4 ] has also linked sectoral bargaining to higher real wages, lower unemployment ...
Through interactive visualizations, the OEC aims to make global trade data accessible and understandable. The site consists of a series of periodically updated profiles dedicated to exploring trade data for countries and their regions, companies, products, and international organizations. It also features bilateral profiles that allow exploring ...
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; French: Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, OCDE) is an intergovernmental organization with 38 member countries, [1] [4] founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade.