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At America's union peak in the 1950s, union membership was lower in the United States than in most comparable countries. By 1989, that figure had dropped to about 16%, the lowest percentage of any developed democracy, except France. Union membership for other developed democracies, in 1986/87 were: [3] 95% in Sweden and Denmark. 85% in Finland
The ITUC Regional Organisation for Africa (ITUC-Africa) is a regional organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation, representing trade unions from countries in Africa. There are 56 national trade union federations affiliated to ITUC-Africa, from 45 countries, and representing a total of 15 million workers.
The following is a list of major independent trade unions, which are solely accountable to their members and free from employer domination as it stood on 31 March 2012. [ 2 ] Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen ASLEF
General Workers' Union (GWU) Malta Workers' Union (UHM) 36,000 (CMTU) 26,000 (UHM) CMTU Poland Solidarity (NSZZ) Niezależny Samorządny Związek Zawodowy "Solidarność All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions (OPZZ) Ogólnopolskie Porozumienie Związków Zawodowych: 1,185,000 (NSZZ) 2.5 million (OPZZ) NSZZ OPZZ Romania
The following list of countries by labour productivity ranks countries by their workforce productivity. ... South Africa: 20.8 2023
European Union * 4 25 71 2021 Falkland Islands * 95 [a] 5 5 1996 Faroe Islands * 10.2 20.5 69.2 2008 Fiji * 29 15 56 2021 Finland * 4 21 74 2021 France * 3 19 78 2021 French Polynesia * 2 15 83 2021 Gabon * 29 16 55 2021 Gambia * 49 7 44 2021 Georgia * 40 14 46 2021 Germany * 1 28 71 2021 Ghana * 39 19 41 2021
One of their most notable activities is aiding national liberation movements across Africa, such as advocating for workers’ rights during the Apartheid in South Africa. [10] In addition to sharing mandates, the ILO supports and funds “extensive worker education programmes (WED)” which the OATUU offers at the national, regional, and ...
The first trade union to organise black workers was the Industrial Workers of Africa (IWA), formed in September 1917 by the revolutionary syndicalist International Socialist League (ISL). [4] The IWA merged into the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union of Africa (ICU), formed in 1919, in 1920.