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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
Transport Workers Union of America; UNITE HERE; United American Nurses; United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing, Pipefitting and Sprinkler Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada; United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union; United Food and Commercial Workers
Unions exist to represent the interests of workers, who form the membership. Under US labor law , the National Labor Relations Act 1935 is the primary statute which gives US unions rights. The rights of members are governed by the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act 1959 .
From 1983 to 2015, union rolls shrank by nearly 3 million workers even as over 45 million more people joined the workforce, and the proportion of workers in a union was cut in half over that same ...
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said 10% of hourly and salaried workers were members of unions in 2023, or around 14.4 million people. That is an all-time low, down from 10.1% of workers in 2022.
There is a substantial wage gap between union and nonunion workers in the U.S.; unionized workers average higher pay than comparable nonunion workers (when controlling for individual, job, and labor market characteristics); research shows that the union wage gaps are higher in the private sector than in the public sector, and higher for men ...
European countries have sectoral bargaining, where unions and employers negotiate over contracts for entire sectors of the economy or classes of workers. In the United States, however, individual ...
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