Organisationsdefizite der deutschen Gewerkschaften

Hendrik Biebeler () and Hagen Lesch ()

Wirtschaftsdienst, 2015, vol. 95, issue 10, 710-715

Abstract: The results of the recently released German General Social Survey (ALLBUS) show that in 2014 the net density rate of trade unions in Germany declined to less than 18 per cent. This was the lowest level since German unification. An in-depth analysis of union membership reveals that unionisation of male, full-time and older employees is above average. The latest membership decline will continue if the unions do not succeed in organising more women, young people and white collar workers. Furthermore, unions have not yet been able to profit from scepticism towards liberal economic policies, which has slightly grown within the group of employees since 2004, as the index of economic freedom reveals. Copyright ZBW and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015

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Date: 2015
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