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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 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
Unionization is the creation and growth of modern trade unions.Trade unions were often seen as a left-wing, socialist concept, [1] whose popularity has increased during the 19th century when a rise in industrial capitalism saw a decrease in motives for up-keeping workers' rights.
The Global Rights Index is a world-wide assessment of trade union and human rights by country. Updated annually in a report issued by the International Trade Union Confederation, the index rates countries on a scale from 1 (best) through to 5+ (worst).
Agricultural Workers Organization, later Agricultural Workers Industrial Union; Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union (disaffiliated in the 1920s); Bakery Workers' Industrial Union (existed in 1919)
Nearly one in 10 of America’s unionized auto workers went on strike Friday to pressure Detroit’s three automakers into raising wages in an era of big profits and as the industry begins a ...
A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, [1] such as attaining better wages and benefits, improving working conditions, improving safety standards, establishing complaint procedures, developing rules governing status of ...
The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) is an international federation of trade unions established on October 3, 1945. [2] Founded in the immediate aftermath of World War Two, the organization built on the pre-war legacy of the International Federation of Trade Unions as a single structure for trade unions world-wide, following the World Trade Union Conference in London, United Kingdom.