Unions, Inc.

摘要

Capitalism is struggling but organised labour shows no sign of profiting from its mistakes. American union membership hit a 96-year low last year. In the rich countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (oecd), the unionised proportion of paid workers nudged down from a low base of 17.8% in 2008 to 17.5% in 2011 (the latest figures available). In the large oecd economies most exposed to globalisation-America, Britain, Germany, France and Japan-unions' share of the workforce has dropped steadily to roughly half its level in 1980 (see chart on next page).