Denmark : one third of employees not covered by a collective agreement

According to a recent study, in spite of the important level of unionization in Denmark, one employee out of three is not covered by a collective agreement and four employees out of ten do not have any trade union representatives. Facing this assessment, trade unions decided to try to improve this coverage rate by going to uncovered companies. (Ref. 070795)
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The results of the study entitled “Professional and political life. Characteristics of 21st century employees”, carried out by the academic research center on the labour market CARMA, speak for themselves. Even among the members of the trade union confederation LO, one employee out of four is not covered by a collective agreement. It usually concerns highly skilled employees. This study, very comprehensive, was carried out among 2.300 employees, and portrays modern-day Danish employee; it is th

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