Union density - the relative measure of the percentage of all workers who are members of a union - fell by 0.8% from 27.4% in 2009 to 26.6% in 2010. Union membership in absolute terms fell by 179,000 from 6,715,000 in 2009 to 6,536,000 in 2010.
ector of the Work and Employment Research Unit (WERU), University of Hertfordshire. (Ref. 110317)
Union density – the relative measure of the percentage of all workers who are members of a union – fell by 0.8% from 27.4% in 2009 to 26.6% in 2010. Union membership in absolute terms fell by 179,000 from 6,715,000 in 2009 to 6,536,000 in 2010.
From the late 1990s absolute membership had stabilised at around 7,000,000 since falling dramatically from the 1980s. However, these latest figures confirm th
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