The Netherlands: Union strategies to recruit new groups of workers

Marianne Grunell ()
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Marianne Grunell: Amsterdams Instituut voor ArbeidsStudies/Arbeidsrecht, Universiteit van Amsterdam

Labour markets and industrial relations in the Netherlands - Working Papers from AIAS, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies

Abstract: The decline in trade union membership has been an issue since the 1990tees. Since 1980 and again since 1995 there has been an actual decline in membership rates. Fewer males and young employees are joining the unions, although female membership has increased. Declining membership rates are related to the rise in flexible jobs and the fall in employment in a number of industrial sectors which traditionally have had a high density. Union initiatives to attract new members are targeted at younger people, at the self employed, and at economic sectors with an overrepresentation of vulnerable (migrant) workers. Initiatives such as the internet union and cheaper membership fees (for fewer services) are being employed to attract more pragmatic younger members.

Date: 2014-05
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