trade union membership

This period also saw a large increase in trade union membership and a series of strikes.

West Virginia also has a very strong tradition of trade union membership.

Trade union membership now accounts for nearly 50% of the workforce.

He noted that in the American private business sector, trade union membership was down to 12 percent of the labor force.

Trade union membership today is less than 8 million.

There is little reason to doubt that they are being incarcerated because of their trade union membership.

Trade union membership in Colombia has fallen dramatically since the 1980s.

Trade union membership grew rapidly in the expanding public sector, especially among women.

Trade union membership reaches an all-time peak, with 9.3 million members.

Because of political hostility trade union membership in Britain is being held at an artificially low level.

Additionally, they enjoyed the security of trade union membership.

In certain countries, levels of trade union membership are high. There, the social partners in the labour market can themselves play the main role.

See our guide on trade union membership rights.

Trade union membership in Angola is limited both by the small formal economy, and the high unemployment rate within the sector.

Owing to the increased employment on war work, trade union membership had in any case been on the increase.

The sheer number of free agents, far more numerous than trade union membership, will make them an influential, independent element in national politics.

These standards cover a range of basic rights including wages, health and safety, trade union membership and housing.

"The situation varies greatly from country to country," the report said, "though trade union membership is down almost everywhere."

I was not allowed to speak to the workers.it seems that their trade union membership is not allowed by the management.

Trade union membership declined slightly in the depressed years of the mid-1890s, especially in the new general unions.

He said: 'Discrimination against individual workers on grounds of trade union membership will remain illegal.'

Similar allegations can be levelled if an employer discriminates based on trade union membership.

They guaranteed trade union membership and negotiating rights, a 40-hour working week and paid workers' holidays.

But a worker in a subsidiary there must have the same rights to trade union membership there as his colleague here.

We are therefore concerned with the impact which trade unions and trade union membership has upon the productivity of the workforce.