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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).
The following list of countries by labour productivity ranks countries by their workforce productivity. Labour productivity can be measured as gross domestic product (GDP) or gross national income (GNI) generated per hour.
* indicates "Labor in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" or "Economy of COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links. Country (or area) Agriculture [%] [2] Industry [%] [3] Services [%] [4] Date of information Afghanistan * 46 18 36 2020 Albania * 35 22 44 2021 Algeria * 10 31 59 2021 American Samoa * 34 33 33 1990 Andorra * 0.4 4.7 94.9 2010 Angola * 59 8 34 2021
Once again different European countries have chosen a different position in their use of these two mechanisms of labour market protection. These differences can be summarised as follows: The Mediterranean countries have chosen a higher "employment" protection while a very low share of their unemployed workers receives unemployment benefits.
The Council of Global Unions (CGU) is made up of ten global union federations (which affiliates national-level sectoral trade unions), the largest international federation of national centres (the ITUC) and the trade union body to the OECD (TUAC). Building and Wood Workers International [a] (BWI) Education International (EI) IndustriALL Global ...
"Labor market conditions remain very strong, and the economy is returning to a better balance between the demand for and supply of workers," Fed Chair Jerome Powell said in a speech on Dec. 1.
The labor market is steadily rebalancing in the wake of 525 basis points worth of rate hikes from the U.S. central bank since March 2022 to cool demand in the overall economy.
The insured unemployment rate was unchanged at 1.2%, consistent with a still-tight labor market. The claims data have no bearing on March's employment report, scheduled to be released on Friday ...