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The state of global trade union membership:
Data journalist covering technological, societal and media topicsEven though trade union membership still has several strongholds around the world, the concept of collective bargaining has suffered a notable international decline in recent years. In 1985, average trade union membership in OECD countries was 30% and today, that has fallen to just 16%.
Trade unions have a long tradition in Scandinavia, and today, Sweden boasts one of the world's highest membership rates at 66.1%. Its biggest union is The Swedish Trade Union Confederation which is an umbrella organization for 14 trade unions that represents 1.5 million people, most of whom are"blue-collar" workers. In the United States, around 10% of employees are members of a trade union, a figure that's considerably lower than the 20% recorded in 1983.
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