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Social Dialogue

Trade Union Membership Statistics

March 2014

Social Dialogue Indicators

Trade Union Membership StatisticsMethodological Note

Department of Statistics

Conditions of Work and Equality Department

Methodological Note Sources of the data presented in the statistical database on

Trade Union Membership

Data are currently available in an Excel database for the following countries:

Antigua and BarbudaAustraliaAustriaBarbadosBelgiumBelizeBermudaBoliviaBrazilCanadaChileChinaColombiaCosta RicaDenmarkDominicaEcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorEstoniaFinlandFranceGermanyGuatemalaGuyanaHong Kong, ChinaHungaryIcelandIndiaIrelandJapanKorea, Republic of

KuwaitMalaysiaMaltaMauritiusMontserratNamibiaNetherlandsNew ZealandNicaraguaNorwayPakistanPeruPhilippinesPortugalSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSingaporeSlovakiaSouth AfricaSri LankaSurinameSwedenSwitzerlandSyrian Arab RepublicTaiwan, ChinaTurkeyUgandaUkraineUnited KingdomUnited States

METHODOLOGICAL NOTE

The data presented in the Trade Union Membership Database are official national statistics drawn mainly from national publications. The figures have not been adjusted in any way, although some of them are subject to reporting errors. They are shown as they appear in the original publications. For a number of reasons, the data may not be directly comparable between countries. This dataset does not provide any assessment whether the trade union in question is free and independent and membership is voluntary or whether workers face legal or political obstacles to join trade unions.

The different sources of data used include records kept by the Labour Ministries or the Departments in charge of unionization, official reports of the trade unions themselves submitted in accordance with laws or regulations to the competent authority,establishment surveys, labour force surveys and in some cases other kinds of household surveys. It is important to note that when the information is collected from statements from the trade unions or the union federations, the reporting organizations may vary from year to year. Non-affiliated and non-registered trade unions may not report at all.

The coverage of the data derived from the different sources varies: the data may cover different sizes of establishments (establishment surveys often exclude small establishments), different groups of workers (all persons in employment, paid employees only, etc.), different sectors or economic activities, and so on. Some trade union figures may include not just employed persons, but also retired workers, students and unemployed persons.

Union membership data are subject to reporting errors, whatever the source. In

household surveys, both sampling and non-sampling errors may occur, such as inaccurate proxy answers. Many unions have difficulty in keeping accurate and up-to-date records of their membership, and therefore reports by unions are prone to presenting distorted data. Members who have left a union or who have died may not be deleted from the records of this union for some time, and those joining anew union may be counted in both the union they are leaving and the union they are joining for a certain period.

The trade union density rates are a measure of those who belong to unions as a percentage of those eligible to join a union. The way these rates are calculated varies from one country to another. Wherever possible, the database presents both trade union density rates disseminated by the countries themselves and calculated by the ILO Department of Statistics based on the information available. The calculations were made using the total number of employees (persons in paid employment) as the denominator, taken from the ILOSTAT, the ILO Department of Statistics’ online database(www.ilo.org/ilostat ).

The country descriptions that follow this methodological note provide information on the sources of the statistics presented. This information includes:

- precisions on the coverage of the statisticsand on the definitions of the main concepts used,- the classifications used to disaggregate the statistics,- the time span covered by the statistics in the database,- the publications in which the statisticsoriginally appeared, and- contact details concerning the organization responsible for the statistics.

Country Type of sourceExplanatory

variablesExplanatory notes

Description

The ILO Office of Port-of-Spain collects data on employers' and workers' organizations and their membership for a number of Caribbean countries. The figures are drawn from administrative records made available by the organizations themselves, National Statistical Offices, Ministries of Labour and official publications. In the case of Antigua and Barbuda, the information was provided by the Labour Department. The information on employers' organizations relate to ILO constituent organizations only. The figures are not adjusted in any way. The membership totals are the result of the sum of the number of members of several organizations. However, this list of organizations reporting their membership figures might not be exhaustive. The publication disseminating these data, The Digest of Caribbean Labour Statistics , was released on a yearly basis from 1996 to 1998, when it was published for the last time. It has not been resumed since then.

Disaggregations available for unions

Listing of workers' organizations and employers' organizations, by total membership

Disaggregations available for union

membersMembers of workers' organizations (total) and members of employers' organizations (total)

First data available 1993

NATIONAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON TRADE UNION MEMBERSHIP

Antigua & Barbuda

Administrative Records

The following methodological notes present the sources of data used for every country in the Trade Union Membership Database,specifying whenever necessary the reasons for incomparability of the statistics to those of other countries and/or the existence of breaksin the time series. When more than one source of information on unionization is available for a given country, this is indicated and everysource is mentioned.Furthermore, publications with useful data on trade union membership that have ceased appearing are also quoted, along with the dateof their last respective editions.Finally, these explanatory notes also present, for each country, the first and the last date for which data is available on the accompanyingTrade Union Membership database, as well as contact details concerning the organization responsible for the statistics collected.

First data available 1993Last data available 1998

Title of the Publication(s)

Digest of Caribbean Labour Statistics (ILO, Port-of-Spain)

Reporting agency

ILO Area Office and Multidisciplinary Advisory Team for the Caribbean11 St. Clair AvenueP.O. Box 1201PORT-OF-SPAINTrinidad and TobagoTel: +868 628 1453Fax: +868 628 2433

Websitewww.ilocarib.org.tt/Digest-LabStats/countries.htmlwww.ilo.org/public/libdoc//ilo/P/09406/



Description

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has been producing survey estimates of the number of trade union members periodically since 1976. Prior to 1976, estimates of trade union members were obtained from various administrative sources, including trade unions themselves, and a series is available back to the early 1900’s.For statistical purposes trade unions are defined as organizations that represent employees in the collective negotiation of wage rates and conditions of employment for their members. The trade union membership rate (also referred to as the unionization rate) is defined as the number of trade union members expressed as a percentage of the number of employees. The data on trade union membership published by the ABS are compiled from the Employee Earnings, Benefits and Trade Union Membership (EEBTUM) Survey, which is conducted as an annual supplement to the monthly Labour Force Survey (LFS). In this survey, questions on unionization are asked to all employees about their main job, except for those who worked solely for payment in kind in their main job. Information on trade union membership was first collected by the ABS through a survey of this kind in 1976, then biennially in its current format, from 1986 to 1992, and from then on, annually (with limited data available every second year). Prior to August 2009, this supplementary survey excluded people living in very remote parts of Australia. From August 2009 on, it excludes only people living in Indigenous communities in very remote parts of Australia. In August 1990, persons aged 70 years and over were excluded from this survey, restricting the age of respondents to 15–69 years. The scope of surveys since 1991 and surveys run prior to August 1990 included persons aged 70 and over.


Number of unions by:- number of states and/or territories of operation - size of union


members

Members of workers' organizations by:- sex- state or territory of usual residence- age group- birthplace - occupation- industry - sector (public or private)- permanent or casual worker- full-time or part-time in main job

First data available 1980

AustraliaSupplement to

the LFS



Year Book Australia (Australian Bureau of Statistics, annual)Employee Earnings, Benefits and Trade Union Members (Australian Bureau of Statistics, annual)Labour Force Australia (Australian Bureau of Statistics, monthly)Labour Statistics Australia (Australian Bureau of Statistics, annual)Australian Labour Market Statistics, Feature article - Trade Union Membership (Australian Bureau of Statistics, annual)

Reporting agency

Australian Bureau of StatisticsPO Box 10Belconnen ACT 2616Tel: +61 2 6252 5000Fax: +61 2 6251 6009

Website www.abs.gov.au

Description Information provided by Statistics Austria, but only in percentages. No absolute figures are presented.



membersUnion density only



Reporting agency

Statistics AustriaGuglgasse 13, A-1110 ViennaTel: +43 (1) 71128-0Fax: +43 (1) 715 68 28Email: [email protected]

Website www.statistik.at

AustriaAdministrative

Records



Description

The ILO Office of Port-of-Spain collects data on employers' and workers' organizations and their membership for a number of Caribbean countries. The figures are drawn from administrative records made available by the organizations themselves, National Statistical Offices, Ministries of Labour and official publications. In the case of Barbados, the information was provided by Barbados Workers Union. The information on employers' organizations relate to ILO constituent organizations only. The figures are not adjusted in any way. The membership totals are the result of the sum of the number of members of several organizations. However, this list of organizations reporting their membership figures is not exhaustive. For Barbados, the data on workers' organizations refer only to 11 of the 23 unions. The publication disseminating these data, The Digest of Caribbean Labour Statistics , was released on a yearly basis from 1996 to 1998, when it was published for the last time. It has not been resumed since then.








Reporting agency



Description

The data are taken from a study carried out by Kurt Vandaele, from the University of Ghent. In this article, the author highlights the fact that unions are known to inflate their membership figures, so researchers generally reduce estimates by 14.9%. Furthermore, Mr Vandaele also points out that a considerable proportion of union members are not in the labour force, many of them being students or retired. This can lead to distorted figures. In addition to this, it is important to note that in Belgium, unions are in charge of the unemployment benefit payments, which means people are very

BarbadosAdministrative

Records

to note that in Belgium, unions are in charge of the unemployment benefit payments, which means people are very prone to remaining in the union when they are out of work. Hence, it is estimated that nearly 85% of the unemployed population in Belgium are unionised, which is considerably more than among the employed population.



membersMembers of workers' organizations (total)



Belgium – Growth in Union Membership , article in the European Industrial Relations Review , n°345, October 2002 (VANDAELE, Kurt, from the University of Ghent)

Reporting agencyWebsite

BelgiumAdministrative

Records



Description

The ILO Office of Port-of-Spain collects data on employers' and workers' organizations and their membership for a number of Caribbean countries. The figures are drawn from administrative records made available by the organizations themselves, National Statistical Offices, Ministries of Labour and official publications. In the case of Belize, the information was provided by the Labour Department. The information on employers' organizations relate to ILO constituent organizations only. The figures are not adjusted in any way. The membership totals are the result of the sum of the number of members of several organizations. However, this list of organizations reporting their membership figures might not be exhaustive. For Belize, the number of unions covered by the data varies from year to year. The publication disseminating these data, The Digest of Caribbean Labour Statistics , was released on a yearly basis from 1996 to 1998, when it was published for the last time. It has not been resumed since then.








Reporting agency



The ILO Office of Port-of-Spain collects data on employers' and workers' organizations and their membership for a number of Caribbean countries. The figures are drawn from administrative records made available by the organizations themselves, National Statistical Offices, Ministries of Labour and official publications. In the case of Bermuda, the information was provided by the Statistical Department. The information on employers' organizations relate to ILO constituent organizations only. The figures are not adjusted in any way. The membership totals are the result of the sum

BelizeAdministrative

Records

Descriptionconstituent organizations only. The figures are not adjusted in any way. The membership totals are the result of the sum of the number of members of several organizations. However, this list of organizations reporting their membership figures might not be exhaustive. The publication disseminating these data, The Digest of Caribbean Labour Statistics , was released on a yearly basis from 1996 to 1998, when it was published for the last time. It has not been resumed since then.From 2006 onward, the Department of Statistics of Bermuda collected data on membership for the two main unions, the Bermuda Industrial Union and the Bermuda Public Service Association. The figures come from the Registry General.







Digest of Caribbean Labour Statistics (ILO, Port-of-Spain) (up to 1998)Facts and Figures (Department of Statistics, annual) (from 2006 on)

Reporting agency


The Government of BermudaThe Cabinet OfficeDepartment of StatisticsCedar Park Centre, 48 Cedar Avenue, Hamilton HM11P.O. Box HM 3015, Hamilton HM MXTel: +441 297 7761Fax: +441 295 8390

Websitewww.ilocarib.org.tt/Digest-LabStats/countries.htmlwww.ilo.org/public/libdoc//ilo/P/09406/www.statistics.gov.bm

BermudaAdministrative

Records



DescriptionThe information is collected (but not produced) by the Andean Labour Observatory (Observatorio Laboral Andino), of the Andean Community (Comunidad Andina). It provides also data on some other member countries: Colombia (incomplete), Ecuador and Peru. It refers only to the private sector.


Number of trade unions


membersFirst data available 2004Last data available 2007


Statistics: Fundamental Labour Rights: Freedom of Association (Estadísticas: Derechos Laborales Fundamentales: Libertad Sindical) (Andean Labour Observatory)

Reporting agency

Secretaría General de la Comunidad AndinaPaseo de la República 3895, esq. Aramaburú San Isidro, Lima 27, PerúTel: +511 411 1400Fax: +511 221 3329Email: [email protected]

Website www.comunidadandina.org/camtandinos/OLA

BoliviaAdministrative

Records



Description

From 1987 to 1992, the National Statistical Office (IBGE) conducted the Union Survey (Pesquisa Sindical) on a yearly basis. This survey covered every union in Brazil (workers’ organizations, employers’ organizations, own-account workers' organizations), in urban and rural areas. The methodology of this survey is explained in the publication Pesquisa Sindical: da idéia de reformulaçao do antigo Inquérito Estatístico Sindical - produçao de uma nova pesquisa, written by Maria das Graças Mangueira Este. In 2002, the IBGE and the Labour Ministry carried out a new round of the Union Survey, this time more comprehensively since it included a set of new variables. The ultimate sampling unit of the Union Survey is the union. Data on unionization collected through these surveys are disseminated by the IBGE, the DIEESE (Unions Department of Statistics and Socioeconomic Studies, Departamento Intersindical de Estatística e Estudos Socioeconômicos) and the Labour Ministry (Ministério do Trabalho e Emprego). The figures reported include unionized workers and employers.


Number of unions by:- region (urban or rural)- country region- type of union- collective agreements carried out

Number of employers’ organizations


members

Union members by:- sex- region (urban or rural)- country region- type of union- economic activity- status in employment

Members of employers’ organizationsFirst data available 1988Last data available 2001


Statistical Yearbook of Brazil (Anuário Estatístico do Brasil) (IBGE, annual) (up to 1992)Workers’ Yearbook (Anuário dos trabalhadores) (DIEESE, annual) (from 1992 on)Social Indicators - Unions (Indicadores sociais - Sindicatos ) (IBGE, annual)Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE)

BrazilAdministrative

Records

Reporting agency

Av. Franklin Roosevelt 166, 10o andarCEP 20021-120, 20021 Rio de JaneiroTel: +55 21 514 4501Fax: +55 21 220 5943

Departamento Intersindical de Estatística e Estudos Socioeconômicos (DIEESE)Escritório Nacional: Rua Ministro Godói, 310CEP 05001-900, São Pablo SPTel: +55 11 3874 5366Fax: +55 11 3874 5394

Ministério do Trabalho e EmpregoEsplanada dos MinistériosBloco F - CEP: 70059-900Brasília - DFTel: +55 61 3317 6000

Websitewww.ibge.gov.brwww.dieese.org.brportal.mte.gov.br



Description

The National Statistical Office (IBGE) collects through the PNAD (National Household Sample Survey, Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios ) data on unionization, on a yearly basis, since 1992. The figures refer to those persons of 18 years and over who were employed in the reference period of 365 days. Until 2003, they exclude the population in rural areas of Rondônia, Acre, Amazonas, Roraima, Pará and Amapá. Data on unionization collected through these surveys are disseminated by the IBGE, the DIEESE (Unions Department of Statistics and Socioeconomic Studies, Departamento Intersindical de Estatística e Estudos Socioeconômicos ) and the Labour Ministry (Ministério do Trabalho e Emprego ).



members

Union members by:- sex- region (urban or rural)- country region- type of union- economic activity- status in employment



Workers’ Yearbook (Anuário dos trabalhadores) (DIEESE, annual) (from 1992 on)Social Indicators - Unions (Indicadores sociais - Sindicatos ) (IBGE, annual)

Reporting agency

Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE)Av. Franklin Roosevelt 166, 10o andarCEP 20021-120, 20021 Rio de JaneiroTel: +55 21 514 4501Fax: +55 21 220 5943

Departamento Intersindical de Estatística e Estudos Socioeconômicos (DIEESE)Escritório Nacional: Rua Ministro Godói, 310CEP 05001-900, São Pablo SPTel: +55 11 3874 5366Fax: +55 11 3874 5394

BrazilHousehold

Survey

Ministério do Trabalho e EmpregoEsplanada dos MinistériosBloco F - CEP: 70059-900Brasília - DFTel: +55 61 3317 6000

Websitewww.ibge.gov.brwww.dieese.org.brportal.mte.gov.br



Description

The data presented was initially registered under the Corporations and Labour Unions Returns Act, of Statistics Canada. These data (CALURA) have long been the only major source of data on unionized workers. However, this source provides little information on the demographic and labour market characteristics of workers. A study (Unionized workers , by Diane Galarneau, published in Perspectives in 1996) created a series on unionized workers based on two household surveys that collected information on both employment and union membership: the Survey of Union Membership of 1984, and the Labour Market Activity Survey from 1986 to 1990. Union density based on household surveys is always higher than that of CALURA, for a number of reasons, including differences in reference periods, coverage, and denominators.In 1997, the Labour Force Survey became the major source of data on unionization. The redesigned survey came into effect in January 1997. Employees were classified since then as to their union status into three categories: union members; not members but covered by a union contract or collective agreement; or non-unionized. From then on, the Labour Force Survey provided information on union membership, density and coverage by various socio-demographic characteristics, including earnings.



members

Trade union members and workers who are not union members but who are covered by collective agreements (e.g. some religious group members) by:- sex- sector (public or private)- age- education- province- work status (full-time or part-time)- industry - occupation- workplace size- job tenure- job status


Title of the Canada Yearbook (Statistics Canada, annual)

Canada LFS


Canada Yearbook (Statistics Canada, annual)Perspectives on Labour and Income , periodical with regular articles on unionization (Statistics Canada)

Reporting agency

Statistics CanadaLabour Statistics DivisionTunney’s PastureOttawa K1A OT6Tel: +1 613 951 8920Fax: +1 613 951 1231Email: [email protected]

Website www.statcan.gc.ca

Description

Each year, the Workplace Information Division of the Human Resources and Social Development Department conducts a survey to update information on international, national, and other labour organizations as well as independent unions consisting of a bargaining unit with 50 or more members in Canada. This survey is based on self-reports by the labour organizations addressed. The unions and labour organizations’ Reporting agency, affiliation, membership size, and number of union locals are at the public’s disposal in a searchable online database titled the Directory of Labour Organizations in Canada. The data on membership size and union affiliations is also tabulated to provide a portrait of labour organizations in Canada.The figures on union membership and union density resulting from this exercise differ slightly from the ones collected through Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey.


Number of trade unions by:- Congress affiliation- type of union- size


members

Trade union members by:- Congress affiliation- type of union- size of the union



Union Membership in Canada (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, annual) (until 2010)Union Coverage in Canada (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, annual) (from 2011 on)

Reporting agencyStrategic Policy, Analysis, and Workplace Information Directorate Labour Program, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada

Website www.hrsdc.gc.ca

CanadaAdministrative

Records



Description

The data presented in this publication is collected by the National Statistical Office (INE) through the Labour Force Survey (Encuesta Nacional de Empleo ). According to the Chilean legislation, every worker of the private sector and of any State-owned company, regardless of the legal status of the enterprise, can join or form a trade union. The data published include figures on the Labour Force At Work Potentially Unionizable (Fuerza de Trabajo Ocupada con Potencial de Sinidcalización ) which comprises all wage earners of the private sector, domestic workers and own-account workers, and excludes people working in the Public Administration, since they are not allowed to unionize. The unionization rate (union density) published expresses union membership as a proportion of the Labour Force At Work (employed population). This denominator might not be the most suitable in the Chilean case since it comprises people not prone to unionizing, but is still used to facilitate international comparisons.


Unions by:- region- type of union- economic activity


members

Union members by:- sex- region- type of union- economic activity

Unionization rates by:- sex- region- type of union- economic activity

Evolution of trade union membership, tendencies.First data available 1990Last data available 2012


Compendium of statistical series - Chapter 1: Unionization (Compendio de Series Estadísticas - Capítulo 1: Sindicalismo) (Department of Labor, annual)Gobierno de ChileDirección del Trabajo

Chile LFS

Reporting agencyDivisión de EstudiosAgustinas 1253Santiago de ChileCP 8340422Tel: + 56 2 674 9300

Website www.dt.gob.cl

DescriptionThe data published on national trade unions and their membership are collected from the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, based on the statistical reporting form scheme.


Number of unions


members

Unions’ staff and workers by:- sex

Union members by:- sex



China Statistical Yearbook (National Bureau of Statistics, annual)

Reporting agency

National Bureau of Statistics75 Yuetan NanjieSanlihe, Beijing 100826Tel: + 86 10 326 66 00Fax: + 86 10 326 66 00

Website www.stats.gov.cn/english/

ChinaAdministrative

Records



Description

The first Union National Census (Censo Nacional Sindical ) was carried out in 1947 by the Office of Union Supervision (Dirección de Supervigilancia Sindical ) of the Labour Ministry. All unions were required to register with the Labour Sectional Inspections (Inspecciones Seccionales del Trabajo ), so that the census could be carried out on the 1st of July 1947. Information was collected on the number of active and inactive unions, the number of union members by sex and the type of unions, among other data. In 1967, a survey of unions was conducted in Bogotá. Attempts were made at conducting other union censuses, but it was not until 1983 that the second national census could effectively be planned. It was carried out between March and December 1984. The third Union National Census took place from August 1989 to May 1990. A precensus test was carried out, in which forms were sent out to the 23 Departmental Divisions of Labour and Social Security (Divisiones Departamentales de Trabajo y Seguridad Social ) to draw a list of active unions and collect some basic information on them. These data were compared to the results of the 1984 census and with the Central Unions Registrar (Archivo Central Sindical ) of the Labour Ministry to include unions established since 1984. This way, an updated list of all active or inactive unions could be set up for each region, with basic information about most of the active unions. These lists represented later on the sample frame of the survey. Information was finally collected for each union on the number of members by sex and on the affiliation of each union to a confederation, among others. From 1989 to 1997, Union National Censuses have been carried out on a yearly basis, but have not been resumed since then.


Number of unions by:- region - type of union organization- industry - affiliation to a confederation


members

Union members by:- sex- region - type of union organization- industry



Bulletin of Analysis and Labour Statistics (Boletín de análisis y estadísticas laborales) , n°41, July-December 1989 (Labour Ministry)

Reporting agencyMinisterio de Trabajo y Seguridad SocialSantafe de Bogotá, D.C.

ColombiaAdministrative

Records

Reporting agency Santafe de Bogotá, D.C.Email: [email protected]

Website www.mintrabajo.gov.co

Description

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security publishes data on unionization on a yearly basis , in its Statistical Yearbook . These data include the number of active trade unions, union membership figures and density rates. The information is taken from registries kept by the trade unions, and revised by the Ministry. The number of trade unions reported refers to active trade unions.




membersTrade union members (total)



Statistical Yearbook (Anuario Estadístico) (Ministry of Labour and Social Security, annual)

Reporting agency

Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad SocialOficinas Centrales Edificio Pbro. Benjamín Núñez, Barrio Tournón Tel: +506 25 42 00 00Email: [email protected]

Website www.mtss.go.cr

Costa RicaAdministrative

Records



Description

Statistics Denmark compiles annually aggregated statistics on the number of members of workers’ organizations. It is possible to find data on unionization in Statistics Denmark's publications going back to 1956. Since 1994, these figures are included in a table published in the Statistical Yearbook . From 2009 the statistics are also published in the series News from Statistics Denmark . The information is based on annual data reports from the workers’ organizations. Once every year, data are reported with respect to the number of members by the 4 central organizations and the nearly 15 organizations that are not affiliated to a central organization, as of the 1st of January. In the questionnaires, the organizations provide information on the total number of members and the number of women members, but these figures exclude members who are students, self-employed, recipients of early retirement pay or pensioners.


Listing of workers' organizations, by total membership


members

Members of workers' organizations by:- sex- organization



Statistical Yearbook (Statistics Denmark, annual)

Reporting agency

Statistics Denmark's Labour Force DivisionLisbeth JohansenTel: +45 37 17 32 42Email: [email protected]

Website www.dst.dk/HomeUK.aspx

Description

The ILO Office of Port-of-Spain collects data on employers' and workers' organizations and their membership for a number of Caribbean countries. The figures are drawn from administrative records made available by the organizations themselves, National Statistical Offices, Ministries of Labour and official publications. The information on employers' organizations relate to ILO constituent organizations only. The figures are not adjusted in any way. The membership totals are the result of the sum of the number of members of several organizations. However, this list of organizations reporting their membership figures might not be exhaustive. For Dominica, the number of unions covered by the data varies from year to year. The publication disseminating these data, The Digest of Caribbean Labour Statistics , was released on a yearly basis from 1996 to 1998, when it was published for the last time. It has not been resumed since

DenmarkAdministrative

Records

released on a yearly basis from 1996 to 1998, when it was published for the last time. It has not been resumed since then.








Reporting agency



DominicaAdministrative

Records



Description

Information collected by the Andean Labour Observatory (Observatorio Laboral Andino ), of the Andean Community (Comunidad Andina ). It provides also data on some other member countries: Bolivia, Colombia (incomplete) and Peru. It refers only to the private sector. In the case of Ecuador, the data are collected from the publication Statistical Bulletin (Boletín Estadístico) of the Labour Ministry.


Number of unions by:- province




Statistics: Fundamental Labour Rights: Freedom of Association (Estadísticas: Derechos Laborales Fundamentales: Libertad Sindical) (Andean Labour Observatory)Statistical Bulletin (Boletín Estadístico) (Labour Ministry, every 2 years)

Reporting agency

Secretaría General de la Comunidad AndinaPaseo de la República 3895, esq. Aramaburú San Isidro, Lima 27, PerúTel: +511 411 1400Fax: +511 221 3329Email: [email protected]

Website www.comunidadandina.org/camtandinos/OLA

Description Data published by the Ministry of Manpower and Emigration in its official website with no regular periodicity.


Number of unions by:- industry- type of union


members

Union members by:- industry



EcuadorAdministrative

Records

EgyptAdministrative

Records

Publication(s)

Reporting agency

Ministry of Manpower and Emigration96 Ahmed Orabi St. - Mohandeseen Embaba, CairoArab Republic of EgyptTel: +202 33034438 - 33036437Fax: +202 33035332

Website www.emigration.gov.eg

DescriptionUnions registered with the Department of Social Organizations (Departamento de Organizaciones Sociales ) of the Labour Ministry. The number of unions presented refers to active unions.


Number of unions by:- industry- union federation- type of union (industry, enterprise, company)- institutional sector (public or private)- state of the union (registered, active, in the process of becoming active)


members

Union members by:- sex- industry- union federation- type of union (industry, enterprise, company)



Labour Statistics (Estadísticas del Trabajo) (Statistical Office of the Labour Ministry, annual)Statistical Bulletin (Boletín de Estadísticas) (Statistical Office of the Labour Ministry, annual)

Reporting agency

Ministerio de Trabajo y Previsión SocialDepartamento de Organizaciones Sociales2a Av. Nte 428 Zona 1Colonia San BenitoSan Salvador

Website www.mtps.gob.sv

El SalvadorAdministrative

Records



Description

Statistics Estonia collects data on trade union affiliations through the Labour Force Survey, which is carried out continuously. The Ministry of Social Affairs disseminates union density data based on the results of this Labour Force Survey.In 2009, Statistics Estonia in cooperation with the Ministry of Social Affairs conducted the Work Life Survey. Data were collected about a long list of topics related to the work life, including unionization, which was studied in detail. These topics were addressed both from the point of view of the enterprises and the employees (there were two questionnaires, one for the enterprises’ inquiry and another one for the employees’ inquiry).


Existence of a trade union in enterprises by:- number of employees- legal status of the enterprise- region


members

Union members by:- sex- age- region- sector (primary, secondary or tertiary)- legal status of the enterprise- industry

Employees’ assessment of the activity of the trade union by:- sex- age- region- sector (primary, secondary or tertiary)- legal status of the enterprise- industry

Employers’ assessment of the activity of the trade unionFirst data available 2000Last data available 2009


Health, Labour and Social Life in Estonia 2000-2008 (Ministry of Social Affairs)Data obtained through the Work Life Survey 2009 have been published under the subject area Social Life/Work life quality in Statistics Estonia’s public online database

Estonia LFS

quality in Statistics Estonia’s public online database

Reporting agency

Statistics EstoniaEndla 15, 15174 TallinnTel : +372 625 9300Email : [email protected] Person: Karolin KõrreveskiPopulation and Social Statistics DepartmentTel: +372 625 9165Email: [email protected]

Ministry of Social AffairsGonsiori 29, 15027 Tallinn, EstoniaTel: +372 626 9301Fax: +372 699 2209Labour Force Survey continuously

Websitewww.stat.ee/enwww.sm.ee/eng.html



Description

Data on membership of workers’ and employers’ organizations are published every year by Statistics Finland in the Statistical Yearbook of Finland . These figures are collected from administrative records. In 1989 a Supplementary Labour Force Survey was carried out to further explore some aspects of the Labour Market, including unionization. This survey provided data on trade union members by sex, industry and trade union.




members

Members of workers’ organizations by:- organization- confederation

Members of employers’ organizations by:- organization- confederation



Supplementary Labour Force Survey Autumn 1989 (Official Statistics of Finland)Statistical Yearbook of Finland (Statistics Finland, annual)

Reporting agency

Statistics FinlandTyopajakatu 13Box 900022 HelsinkiTel: 35 8 0 917 341Fax: 35 8 0 917 342 750

Website www.stat.fi

Description

The Labour Ministry plans the REPONSE Survey (Enquête REPONSE – Relations professionnelles et négociations d’entreprise ), a survey on labour relations and collective bargaining, carried out every 6 years since its first round in 1993. It covers nearly 4000 establishments in the non agricultural sector. Its goal is to provide reliable information on the social situation in enterprises. The continuity of this exercise allows to study the evolution of unionization in France. The REPONSE Survey brings together different points of view, since it is addressed to managers and employers as well as employees and workers. The 4th round of this survey took place in 2011. For every survey, the Labour Ministry publishes a set of reports and studies in its official website. The National Statistical Office (INSEE) includes the data collected

FinlandAdministrative

Records

a set of reports and studies in its official website. The National Statistical Office (INSEE) includes the data collected through these surveys in its Statistical Yearbook (Annuaire statistique de la France ). Furthermore, the Labour Ministry publishes in its website a series on union density going back to 1949.


Establishments with at least one institution representing workers’ interests by:- type of workers’ organization existing- size of the establishment


members

Union representatives by:- size of the establishment- structure of the enterprise- unions confederation- industry



Statistical Yearbook of France (Annuaire statistique de la France) (INSEE, annual)

Reporting agency

Ministère du Travail, de l’Emploi et de la Santé 127, rue de Grenelle 75007 Paris 07 SP Tel : 01 44 38 38 38

Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE)18 bvd. Adolphe Pinard75675 Paris Cédex 14Tel: +33 141 17 50 50Fax: +33 141 17 66 66

Websitewww.travail-solidarite.gouv.frwww.insee.fr

FranceEstablishment

Survey



Description

Data were compiled by the National Statistical Office (Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland ) from administrative records, and published in the Statistical Yearbook until 1998. Since then, the National Statistical Office has been disseminating data on unionization collected mainly through the European Social Survey, but with no regular periodicity and in percentages (no absolute figures).



members

Union members by:- sex- type of union- region (East or West Germany)- active participation in the union or passive membership



Statistical Yearbook (Statistisches Jahrbuch) (Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland, annual)Data Report, Chapter 14: Democracy and political participation (Datenreport, Kapitel 14: Demokratie und politische Partizipation) (Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland, annual)

Reporting agency

Statistisches BundesamtGustave-Stresemann Ring 1165189 WiesbadenTel: +49 611 75 1Fax: +49 611 72 40 00

Website www.destatis.de

DescriptionThe Labour Statistics Office (Dirección de Estadísticas Laborales ) of the Labour Ministry compiles figures on unionization based on the information provided by the General Labour Office (Dirección General de Trabajo ).


Unions by:- sector (public or private)- geographic area (urban or rural)- region and department


Union members by:- sex- economic activity- status in employment

GermanyAdministrative

Records

available for union members

- status in employment- sector (public or private)- geographic area (urban or rural)- region and department



Bulletin of labour statistics (Boletín de estadísticas del trabajo) (Labour Statistics Office of the Labour Ministry, annual)Information on unions and collective bargaining (Información sobre sindicatos y pactos colectivos) (Labour Statistics Office of the Labour Ministry, annual)

Reporting agency

Dirección de Estadísticas LaboralesMinisterio de Trabajo y Prevision Social14 calle 5-49, zona 1Edificio NASA, 5o Nivel01001 Guatemala, C.A.

Website www.mintrabajo.gob.gt

GuatemalaAdministrative

Records



Description

The ILO Office of Port-of-Spain collects data on employers' and workers' organizations and their membership for a number of Caribbean countries. The figures are drawn from administrative records made available by the organizations themselves, National Statistical Offices, Ministries of Labour and official publications. In the case of Guyana, the information relates to The Trade Unions Council Membership Returns. The information on employers' organizations relate to ILO constituent organizations only. The figures are not adjusted in any way. The membership totals are the result of the sum of the number of members of several organizations. However, this list of organizations reporting their membership figures might not be exhaustive. The publication disseminating these data, The Digest of Caribbean Labour Statistics, was released on a yearly basis from 1996 to 1998, when it was published for the last time. It has not been resumed since then. In addition to this, the Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security conducts every year the Occupational Wages and Hours of Work Survey, which provides information on the number of establishments whose workers are unionized.


Listing of workers' organizations and employers' organizations, by total membershipNumber of establishments whose workers are unionized





Digest of Caribbean Labour Statistics (ILO, Port-of-Spain)Occupational wages and hours of work survey (Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security, annual)

Reporting agency


Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security

GuyanaAdministrative

Records

Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security1, Water and Cornhill StreetsGeorgetown, GuyanaTel: +223 7408, 22 68996

Websitewww.ilocarib.org.tt/Digest-LabStats/countries.htmlwww.ilo.org/public/libdoc//ilo/P/09406/www.mlhsss.gov.gy

Description

The Commissioner for Labour of the Labour Department disseminates the figures of union membership declared to the Registry of Trade Unions. Workers in Hong Kong are free to join trade unions, which are required by law to register with the Registry of Trade Unions under the Trade Union Ordinance. This requirement is meant to ensure that trade unions are properly run and the interests of their members duly protected. Trade unions can be either employees’ trade unions, employers’ trade unions or mixed organizations of employees and employers. Nearly 90% of the unions in Hong Kong are employees’ unions.


Unions by:- economic activity


members

Union members by:- sex - economic activity



Report of the Commissioner for Labour (Commissioner for Labour, annual)Annual Statistical Report (Commissioner for Labour, annual)

Reporting agency

The Commissioner for Labour, Labour Department 16/F, Harbour Building, 38 Pier Road, CentralHong Kong

Website www.labour.gov.hk

Hong Kong, China




DescriptionThe Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour publishes irregularly data on unionization based on administrative sources. The information covers only the public sector.


Unions of the public sector by:- confederation- industry


members

Union members of the public sector by:- confederation- industry



Labour Bulletin (Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour)

Reporting agency

Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour H-1054 Budapest, Alkotmány u. 3.1054 Budapest, Hold u. 1. Tel: +36 1 473 8100

Website www.szmm.gov.hu

Description

Statistics Iceland publishes in its website and in its Statistical Yearbook data on the number of existing trade unions and their membership, collected from administrative records. The figures exclude members who do not pay union dues, such as prisoners. In many cases, membership numbers are estimates. These data go only up to 2004.The Labour Force Survey, conducted continuously by Statistics Iceland has a section on trade union membership. However, the information on unionization collected through this survey is not regularly published in any of the usual outputs of the Labour Force Survey.


Listing of unions, by total membership


members

Union members by:- sex- union- confederation


Iceland LFS

HungaryAdministrative

Records


Statistical Yearbook of Iceland (Statistics Iceland, annual)

Reporting agency

Statistics IcelandSkuggasund 3IS-150 REYKJAVIKTel: +354 560 9800Fax: +354 562 8865

Website www.statice.is



Description

The data available comes from the Annual Returns received from the State Governments and Union Territories under the Indian Trade Unions Act, 1926, by the unions for each calendar year. It is not compulsory for trade unions to register under the Indian Trade Unions Act. The statistics relate only to unions that have registered under the Act, and that submit Annual Returns. Even among registered unions, the response rate of unions submitting Annual Returns is generally less than 5%. There are no data available regarding unregistered unions. The coverage of statistics is also incomplete due to the fluctuating response rate from year to year. In order to overcome the difficulties of the unreliability of these data, the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), under the direction of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, conducts verifications of membership of trade unions affiliated to Central Trade Union Organizations (CTUOs). These general verifications of membership of trade unions are carried out irregularly.


Workers' and employers' unions by:- state or union territory- industry


members

Members of workers' and employers' unions by:- state or union territory- industry



Statistical Abstract (Central Statistical Organisation, annual)Statistical Pocket Book (Central Statistical Organisation, annual)Indian Labour Statistics (Labour Bureau of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, annual)Trade Unions in India (Labour Bureau of the Ministry of Labour and Employment)Pocket Book of Labour Statistics (Labour Bureau of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, annual)

Reporting agency

Central Statistical OrganisationMinistry of Statistics and Programme ImplementationGovernment of IndiaWest Block - 8, R. K. Puram, New DelhiTel: + 91 011 26108529

Labour BureauMinistry of Labour and EmploymentGovernment of IndiaSCO 28-31, Sector 17-A

IndiaAdministrative

Records

SCO 28-31, Sector 17-ACHANDIGARH-160017Tel: + 91 172 2703038, 2702974, Fax: + 91 172 2703961, 2704611

Websitewww.mospi.nic.inwww.labourbureau.nic.in

Description

The Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), under the Ministry of Labour and Employment of India, undertakes, at irregular intervals, a general verification of membership of trade unions affiliated to Central Trade Union Organizations (CTUOs). This exercise is essential to assess the actual influence of unions in India, and to determine the true representation and composition of CTUOs. The last three General Verifications were conducted with dates of reckoning 31.12.1980, 31.12.1989 and 31.12.2002. The date of reckoning of the next General Verification will be 31.12.2011. The membership verification process covers only CTUOs (and their affiliates) that claim a membership of over 500000 spreading in at least four states and four industries.


Trade union organizations by:- state or territory- industry


members

Members of trade union organizations by:- state or territory- industry



Report on CTUOs' membership verification (Chief Labour Commissioner(Central))

Reporting agencyOffice of the Chief Labour Commissioner (C) Ministry of Labour & Employment

Website http://clc.gov.in/estb/shtm/verificationbrief.htm

IndiaAdministrative

Records



Description

The trade union information reported is the information declared to the Registrar of Friendly Societies. Unions are required by law to make annual returns to the Registrar and are required to include in this the number of members. Trade unions, as registered, fall into three broad groups: employees’ associations, employers’ associations and trade associations. The data presented refer only to employees’ associations, as at the end of each year. There is also another source of administrative data on union membership in Ireland: the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) register. The membership data collected by the ICTU includes all persons who are members of a trade union at a point in time based on the payment of subscriptions. The large majority of unions in Ireland are affiliated to the ICTU.







Report of the Registrar of Friendly Societies (Registry of Friendly Societies, annual)

Reporting agency

Department of Enterprise, Jobs & Innovation,23 Kildare Street, Dublin 2.Tel: +353 1 631 2121Fax: +353 1 631 2827Email: [email protected]

Website www.deti.ie

The data on unionization in Ireland was collected through the annual Labour Force Survey until September 1997, and from then on through special modules of its replacement, the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS). The continuity of this exercise brings about a time-series that is consistent in terms of scope. The QNHS provides a range of breakdowns which cannot be derived from other available sources. There are at least two sources of administrative data for trade union membership which differ in scope from the QNHS measure: the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) register and the Registrar of Friendly Societies. The main differences between the QNHS data and the administrative data on union membership are:- The QNHS union membership data does not include persons who are self-employed or unemployed at the time of the

IrelandAdministrative

Records

Description

- The QNHS union membership data does not include persons who are self-employed or unemployed at the time of the survey. Administrative sources may include self-employed members and members who have become unemployed but maintain their membership.- It is up to individual respondents to the QNHS to correctly identify themselves as trade union members for the purposes of the survey. As proxy interviews are included in the QNHS, these interviews rely on the proxy respondent’s knowledge to correctly identify a union member. Administrative data is collected directly from subscription records and as such does not rely on individuals to self-report their membership.- It is possible that if one person is a member of two trade unions they would be counted twice in the administrative data but this would not arise in the QNHS as any given person can only be counted once.It is not possible to quantify the specific effect of each of these differences but they should be borne in mind when comparing estimates of union membership from different sources.



members

Trade union members by:- sex - age- economic activity- occupation



Statistical Abstract (Central Statistical Organisation, annual) (up to 1997)Quarterly National Household Survey, Special Modules, Union Membership (Central Statistics Office)

Reporting agency

Central Statistics OfficeArdee RoadDublin 6Tel: +35 3 1 498 4000Fax: +353 1 498 4229Email: [email protected]

Website www.cso.ie

Ireland LFS



Description

The Basic Survey on Labour Unions has been carried out in June each year since 1948. Originally designed to bring to light the actual conditions of the organization of labour unions, in 1983 the survey was changed, becoming part of the annual Survey on Industrial Relations. It is still carried out as of the end of June each year, by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The survey, comprising the Labour Union Basic Survey and the General Survey, whose items differ from year to year, is set to obtain comprehensive information on the labour-management relationship.


Unions by:- confederation- industry


members

Union members by:- sex- confederation- industry



Japan labour bulletin (Japan Institute of Labour, monthly)Japan statistical yearbook (Statistics Bureau, annual)

Reporting agency

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare2-2 Kasumigaseki 1-chome, Chiyoda-kuTokyo 100-8916Tel: +81 3 3595 2402Fax: +81 3 3502 1946

Statistics BureauMinistry of Internal Affairs and Communications19-1 Wakamatsucho Shinjuku-kuTokyo 162-8668

Websitewww.mhlw.go.jp www.stat.go.jp

DescriptionFigures presented are compiled by the Ministry of Employment and Labour from administrative records based on union surveys and disseminated both by the Ministry of Employment and Labour and the National Statistical Office.


Number of unions by:- industry

JapanAdministrative

Records

available for unions - industry


members

Union members by:- sex- confederation- industry- sector (public or private)



Unionization Updates of the National Trade Unions ( Ministry of Employment and Labour, annual)Korea Statistical Yearbook (National Statistical Office, annual)Statistical Indicators in Korea (National Statistical Office, annual)Major Statistics of Korean Economy (National Statistical Office, annual)

Reporting agency

Ministry of Employment and LabourGovernment Complex II, 88 Gwanmun-ro, Gwacheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

National Statistical OfficeGovernment Complex III920 Dunsan-dong, So-guTaejeon 302-701Tel: +82 42 472 2600Fax: +82 42 481 2200Email: [email protected]

Websitewww.moel.go.kr www.kostat.go.kr/eng/

Korea, Rep. of




DescriptionThe data refers to unions registered with the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour, which publishes the numbers irregularly in its official website.


Number of trade unions (total)





Reporting agency

Ministry of Social Affairs & LabourP.O.box 563 SafatP.C. 13006Kuwait

Website www.mosal.gov.kw

DescriptionThe data refers to unions registered with the Department of Trade Union Affairs of the Ministry of Human Resources under the Trade Unions Act, 1959.


Trade unions by:- economic activity- category of union (private sector, government sector, statutory body and local government)


members

Trade union members by:- sex- economic activity- category of union (private sector, government sector, statutory body and local government)



Yearbook of Statistics Malaysia (Department of Statistics, annual)Labour and Human Resources Statistics 1994-1998 (Ministry of Human Resources)Department of StatisticsJabatan Perangkaan MalaysiaWisma StatistikJalan Cenderasari

KuwaitAdministrative

Records

MalaysiaAdministrative

Records

Reporting agency

Jalan Cenderasari50514 Kuala LumpurEmail: [email protected]

Ministry of Human ResourcesKementerian Sumber ManusaLevel 2-4, Block B, NorthJalan DamanlelaPusat Bandar DamansaraDamansara Town Centre50530 Kuala LumpurTel: +60 3 255 7200Fax: +60 3 255 4700

Websitewww.statistics.gov.mywww.jheks.mohr.gov.my

DescriptionFigures presented are compiled by the Department of Employment and Industrial Relations from administrative sources, and published by the National Statistics Office. The data collected refers to the situation of unions as of end of June every year.







Annual Abstract of Statistics (National Statistics Office, annual)

Reporting agency

National Statistics OfficeLascarisValletta VLT 2000Tel: +356 2599 7000Fax: +356 299 7205Email: [email protected]

Website www.nso.gov.mt

MaltaAdministrative

Records



DescriptionThe information on existing unions is available at the Registry of Associations, published by the Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment.


Listing of trade unions registered, by total membership


members

Members of registered trade unions by:- sex



Registry of Associations (Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment, annual)

Reporting agency

Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and EmploymentRepublic of MauritiusLevel 1/2, Crescent House, Corner Deschartres & Faucault StreetsPort-LouisTel: +230 213 3600Fax: +230 211 0165

Website www.gov.mu/portal/site/laboursite

Description

The ILO Office of Port-of-Spain collects data on employers' and workers' organizations and their membership for a number of Caribbean countries. The figures are drawn from administrative records made available by the organizations themselves, National Statistical Offices, Ministries of Labour and official publications. In the case of Montserrat, only information on workers' organizations is available. The figures are not adjusted in any way. The membership totals are the result of the sum of the number of members of several organizations. However, this list of organizations reporting their membership figures might not be exhaustive. The publication disseminating these data, The Digest of Caribbean Labour Statistics , was released on a yearly basis from 1996 to 1998, when it was published for the last time. It has not been resumed since then.



Disaggregations available for union Members of workers' organizations (total)

MauritiusAdministrative

Records

MontserratAdministrative available for union

membersMembers of workers' organizations (total)




Reporting agency



MontserratAdministrative

Records



DescriptionThe information presented was collected through the Labour Force Survey, which is not conducted with a regular periodicity.



members

Members of workers' unions, farmers' unions and employers' organizations by:- sex- industry- occupation- status in employment- employed or unemployed- area (urban or rural)- region



The Namibian Labour Force Survey (Institute for Public Policy Research)

Reporting agency

Institute for Public Policy Research14 Nachtigal Street PO Box 86058 Windhoek Namibia Tel +264 61 240514/5 Fax +264 61 240516 Email: [email protected]

Website www.ippr.org.na

Description

The statistics on members of trade unions presented are based on the Structural Survey conducted by the trade unions. This survey was held every two years up to and including 2003. The reference date was the 31st of March. Since 2005, the Structural Survey is carried out on an annual basis. The trade union membership rate (union density) cannot be deduced from the data reported by trade unions. Trade unions do not have in their membership records information on whether the members are employed, unemployed or inactive. Furthermore, trade union members living outside the Netherlands (e.g. embassy staff and military personnel) are included in the trade union data.Trade union membership rate is defined by Statistics Netherlands as the percentage of employees who have joined a

Namibia LFS

trade union. Only members under the age of 65 working in paid employment for at least twelve hours a week are taken into account in this indicator.Statistics Netherlands also collects data on union affiliation through its Labour Force Survey. This survey is held continuously, but the results concerning unionization are annual averages. No data are available from the Labour Force Survey for the year 2005, because the module on trade unions was not included in the questionnaire that year.



members

Trade union members by:- sex- confederation



Statistical Yearbook of the Netherlands (Statistics Netherlands, annual)Social and Economic Trends (Sociaaleconomische trends) (Statistics Netherlands, annual)Social and Economic Monthly Statistics (Sociaal-Economische Maandstatistiek) (Statistics Netherlands, monthly)

Reporting agency

Statistics NetherlandsPrinses Beatrixlaan 428PO Box 40002270 JM VoorburgTel: +31 7 0 337 3800Fax: +31 7 0 387 7429

Website www.cbs.nl

NetherlandsAdministrative

Records



Description

Up to 1991, annual membership data for registered trade unions were published by the Department of Statistics from administrative sources. Many unions were not required to register so they were not included in the series. State employees' unions were not included either. With the passage of the Employment Contracts Act 1991, the activity of the Office of the Registrar of Trade Unions ended.Since 1991, an annual survey is conducted by the Industrial Relations Centre at Victoria University of Wellington to provide data on membership of trade unions. The surveys are modelled on those conducted by the Registrar of Unions, but with questions included on gender, economic activity and affiliation to other organizations. Responding unions provide information on a voluntary basis, which means some unions can refuse to participate in the survey, even though most are willing to supply the information requested. To identify new and existing trade unions, a number of sources are used, starting with the unions and employees’ associations identified in the previous year’s survey. The register of incorporated societies is searched for recently incorporated societies of employees, and the telephone directory is scanned for listings of new industrial unions and bargaining agents. In addition to this, further information is obtained directly from union officials and reports in union newsletters. A final source is an associated project on collective bargaining. When a new union is identified as party to a contract sent to the project, the supplying party is asked for contact details of the new union. Some unions are eliminated during the exercise because they ceased their industrial activity. Non-respondents tend to be smaller unions, most with less than 300 members. Informal contacts and sources, including local officials of other unions, human resource managers (where the union in question is based at a single enterprise), union journals and other publications are used to estimate membership figures for non-responding unions.Furthermore, each year, every union must advise the Registrar of Unions of the number of members it has as at 1st of March that year. That information is at the public’s disposal.


Number of trade unions by:- size- confederation


members

Trade union members by:- sex- size of the union- economic activity- confederation


New ZealandAdministrative

Records


New Zealand Official Yearbook (annual, Department of Statistics) (up to 1991)Unions and union membership in New Zealand: Annual Review , annual article in New Zealand Journal of Industrial Relations (Aaron Crawford, Raymond Harbridge and Pat Walsh, annual)Union Membership Return Report (Department of Labour, annual)

Reporting agency

Statistics HouseThe Boulevard, Harbour QuaysPO Box 2922Wellington 6140Tel: +64 4 931 4600Fax: +64 4 931 4030Email: [email protected]

Aaron Crawford, School of Business and Public Management, Victoria University of WellingtonTel: +64 4 463 5700

Raymond Harbridge, Graduate School of Management, La Trobe University of MelbourneTel: +61 03 9458 2755Email: [email protected]

Pat Walsh, School of Business and Public Management, Victoria University of WellingtonTel: +64 4 463 5700Email: [email protected]

Department of LabourP.O. Box 3705Wellington, New ZealandTel: +64 4 915 4400Fax: +64 4 915 4015

Websitewww.stats.govt.nzwww.dol.govt.nz



DescriptionThe Survey of Working Life is a supplement to the Household Labour Force Survey and it is the first source of an official statistical dataset that investigates people's work arrangements, working conditions and job satisfaction. It was first conducted in 2008 and is set to take place every three years.



members

Trade union members by:- sex

First data availableLast data available


Survey of Working Life (Statistics New Zealand, every 3 years)

Reporting agency

Statistics HouseThe Boulevard, Harbour QuaysPO Box 2922Wellington 6140Tel: +64 4 931 4600Fax: +64 4 931 4030Email: [email protected]

Website www.stats.govt.nz

Description

The information presented comes from administrative records established by the Office of Union Associations (Dirección de Asociaciones Sindicales ) and is published every year by the Labour Ministry with a considerable number of disaggregations. The number of unions refers to unions registered in this Institution, and the number of union members refers to members who are workers.


Number of registered unions by:- region- economic activity- sector (public or private)- area (urban or rural)- confederation- quality of the members (working in one enterprise, in more than one enterprise, in more than one occupation)- geographical coverage of the union

New ZealandSupplement to

the LFS


members

Members of registered unions by:- sex- region- economic activity- sector (public or private)- area (urban or rural)- confederation- quality of the members (working in one enterprise, in more than one enterprise, in more than one occupation)- geographical coverage of the union



Labour Yearbook (Anuario Laboral) (Labour Ministry, annual)

Reporting agency

Ministerio del TrabajoEstadio Nacional 400 metros al NorteManagua, NicaraguaApartado Postal No. 487

Website www.mitrab.gob.ni

NicaraguaAdministrative

Records



Description

The figures on unionization for Norway are based on what a number of wage earners’ associations and employers’ associations report. They include all registered members, comprising non working students, pensioners, etc. They also include some associations of self employed persons. The information is published every year by Statistics Norway, but with no disaggregations (only totals). Some disaggregated data is available in percentages (not absolute figures) from the Survey of Living Conditions conducted by Statistics Norway. For more information, see about the statistics in Statistics Norway's website: www.ssb.no/english/subjects/07/02/10/arborg_en/about.html


Listing of workers' confederations and employers' confederations, by total membership


membersMembers of workers' confederations (total) and members of employers' confederations (total)



Statistical Yearbook (Statistics Norway , annual)Members of employer and trade union organisations (Statistics Norway , annual)

Reporting agency

Statists NorwayKongens Gt. 6Postboks 8131 DEP0033 Oslo 1Tel: + 47 22 86 45 00Fax: +47 22 86 4973

Website www.ssb.no

DescriptionThe figures are compiled by the Labour Division. Registered unions are not forced to report their membership information to the Labour Division, so the number of registered trade unions is considerably higher than the number of reporting trade unions. Data on union members concerns only reporting trade unions.


Number of trade unions registered and reporting by:- industry


members

Members of reporting trade unions by:- sex- industry

NorwayAdministrative

Records

PakistanAdministrative members - industry



Pakistan Statistical Yearbook (Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, annual)

Reporting agency

Pakistan Bureau of StatisticsStatistics DivisionSLIC Building No. 5Blue Area, F-6/4Islamabad

Website www.pbs.gov.pk

PakistanAdministrative

Records



Description

The data are compiled by the Labour Ministry. The information refers to the private sector only, and is available from 1993 onwards.The National Institute of Statistics and Computing (Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática - INEI ) also disseminate these statistics.Information on unionization is also collected and published (but not produced) by the Andean Labour Observatory (Observatorio Laboral Andino ), of the Andean Community (Comunidad Andina ). It provides also data on some other member countries: Colombia (incomplete), Ecuador and Peru. It refers only to the private sector as well.




members

Trade union members in Lima and Peru (total)

For some particular years, trade union members by:- region- economic activity



Labour Yearbook (Anuario Laboral) (Labour Ministry, annual) Statistical online database of the INEI Statistics: Fundamental Labour Rights: Freedom of Association (Estadísticas: Derechos Laborales Fundamentales:Libertad Sindical) (Andean Labour Observatory)

Reporting agency

Ministerio de Trabajo y Promoción del EmpleoAv. Salaverry 655 - Jesús MariaLima 11 - Lima – PerúTel: +51 1 630 6000 / +51 1 630 6030

INEI (Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática)Av. Gral. Garzón 654 - 658, Jesús MaríaLima – PerúEmail: [email protected]

Secretaría General de la Comunidad AndinaPaseo de la República 3895, esq. Aramaburú

PeruAdministrative

Records

Paseo de la República 3895, esq. Aramaburú San Isidro, Lima 27, PerúTel: +511 411 1400Email: [email protected]

Websitewww.mintra.gob.pewww.comunidadandina.org/camtandinos/OLA

DescriptionThe figures presented are compiled both by the Bureau of Labour Relations and the Bureau of Labour and Employment Statistics, which uses to obtain these data the Statistical and Performance Reporting System.


Number of existing unions by:- type of union- region

Number of restored unions (total)

Number of cancelled/dissolved unions (total)Disaggregations


Trade union members by:- type of union- region



Yearbook of labour statistics (Bureau of Labour and Employment Statistics, annual)Labour and employment statistical report (Bureau of Labour and Employment Statistics, quarterly)Current labour statistics (Bureau of Labour and Employment Statistics, monthly)

Reporting agency

Bureau of Labour and Employment StatisticsDepartment of labour and EmploymentDOLE BuildingGeneral Luna StreetIntramurosManilaEmail: [email protected]

Website www.bles.dole.gov.ph

PhilippinesAdministrative

Records



DescriptionThe data are compiled by the Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity and published every year by Statistics Portugal in its Statistical Yearbook .


Number of workers' and employers' unions, federations and confederations

Number of workers' unions by:- territorial coverage

Number of employers' unions by:- territorial coverage




Statistical Yearbook of Portugal (Anuário Estatístico de Portugal) (Statistics Portugal, annual)

Reporting agency

Instituto Nacional de EstatísticaAv. António José de Almeida 1000-043 LISBOA Tel: + 351 218 426 100 Fax: + 351 218 426 380 Email: [email protected]

Website www.ine.pt

Description

The ILO Office of Port-of-Spain collects data on employers' and workers' organizations and their membership for a number of Caribbean countries. The figures are drawn from administrative records made available by the organizations themselves, National Statistical Offices, Ministries of Labour and official publications. The information on employers' organizations relate to ILO constituent organizations only. The figures are not adjusted in any way. The membership totals are the result of the sum of the number of members of several organizations. However, this list of organizations reporting their membership figures might not be exhaustive. The publication disseminating these data, The Digest of Caribbean Labour Statistics , was released on a yearly basis from 1996 to 1998, when it was published for the last time. It has not been resumed since then.



Portugal Administrative

Records

available for unionsListing of workers' organizations and employers' organizations, by total membership






Reporting agency



Saint Kitts and Nevis




Description

The ILO Office of Port-of-Spain collects data on employers' and workers' organizations and their membership for a number of Caribbean countries. The figures are drawn from administrative records made available by the organizations themselves, National Statistical Offices, Ministries of Labour and official publications. The information on employers' organizations relate to ILO constituent organizations only. The figures are not adjusted in any way. The membership totals are the result of the sum of the number of members of several organizations. However, this list of organizations reporting their membership figures might not be exhaustive. The publication disseminating these data, The Digest of Caribbean Labour Statistics , was released on a yearly basis from 1996 to 1998, when it was published for the last time. It has not been resumed since then.








Reporting agency



The ILO Office of Port-of-Spain collects data on employers' and workers' organizations and their membership for a number of Caribbean countries. The figures are drawn from administrative records made available by the organizations themselves, National Statistical Offices, Ministries of Labour and official publications. The information on employers' organizations relate to ILO constituent organizations only. The figures are not adjusted in any way. The membership totals are the result of the sum of the number of members of several organizations. However, this list of organizations

Saint LuciaAdministrative

Records

Descriptiontotals are the result of the sum of the number of members of several organizations. However, this list of organizations reporting their membership figures is not exhaustive. The publication disseminating these data, The Digest of Caribbean Labour Statistics , was released on a yearly basis from 1996 to 1998, when it was published for the last time. It has not been resumed since then.The Department of Labour of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has recently launched the Labour Market Information System (LMIS) Website, which puts at the public’s disposal statistics on income, employment and industrial relations. The data published come from administrative sources, and are disseminated with a number of useful disaggregations.




members

Members of workers' organizations by:- sex- economic activity of the employer- size of the employer’s business- type of ownership

Members of employers' organizations by:- number of persons engaged- main economic activity- sex of the main executive



Digest of Caribbean Labour Statistics (ILO, Port-of-Spain)Statistical online database of the Labour Market Information System

Reporting agency


Websitewww.ilocarib.org.tt/Digest-LabStats/countries.htmlwww.ilo.org/public/libdoc//ilo/P/09406/www.carilabourstat.org

Saint Vincent & the

Grenadines




Description

Statistics Sierra Leone conducted between April 2003 and March 2004 the Sierra Leone Integrated Household Survey. Its main objective was to provide reliable information on a set of simple living standard indicators to monitor poverty alleviation programmes. The previous expenditure survey had taken place in 1989-1990, and as a response to the need for timely and reliable data, the SLIHS was set to be conducted every two to five years. The Employment and Time Use module of the SLIHS collected some information on unionization.



members

Proportions of usually employed persons affiliated to a trade union by:- sex- area (urban or rural)- status in employment



Employment and time spent on activities in Sierra Leone (Statistics Sierra Leone)

Reporting agency

Statistics Sierra Leone A.J. Momoh Street, Tower Hill PMB 595, Freetown SIERRA LEONETel: +232-22-223287 Fax: +232-22-223897 Email: [email protected]

Website www.statistics.sl

Description

Statistics on employers' and employees' trade unions are compiled by the Labour Relations Department of the Ministry of Labour. A trade union is defined as a group of employers or workers, formed mainly to regulate negotiations between employers and workers to promote good industrial relations, improve the working conditions of workers or enhance their economic and social status, and raise the productivity for the benefit of workers, employers and the overall economy.


Number of unions by:- size - industry

Disaggregations Union members by:

Sierra LeoneHousehold

Survey


members

Union members by:- size of the union- industry



Singapore Yearbook of Labour Statistics (Research and Statistics Department, Ministry of Labour, annual)Singapore Yearbook of Manpower Statistics (Research and Statistics Department, Ministry of Labour, annual)Yearbook of Statistics (Department of Statistics, annual)

Reporting agency

Manpower Research and Statistics DepartmentMinistry of ManpowerNo. 06-02 MOL Building18 Havelock RoadSingapore 059764Tel: +65 539 5020Fax: +65 530 5004Email: [email protected]

Websitewww.mom.gov.sg www.singstat.gov.sg

DescriptionThe Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic collects data on union membership which it requests from central bodies of civil associations trough questionnaires. These questionnaires are addressed to all associations with rich history and publicly known activities.



membersNumber of trade union members (total)



Social Trends in the Slovak Republic (Statistical Office, annual)

Reporting agency

Statistical Office of the Slovak RepublicMileticova 3 824 67 BRATISLAVA Tel: +4212 50 2 36 211Fax: +4212 55 561 350

Website www.statistics.sk

SingaporeAdministrative

Records

SlovakiaAdministrative

Records



Description

The data are based on information supplied to the Department of Labour by trade unions, employers' organizations, federations, industrial councils and regional offices of the Department, in terms of the Labour Relations Act (Act No. 66 of 1995). This data is not verified by the Department of Labour.Furthermore, the Quarterly Labour Force Survey conducted by Statistics South Africa collects information on union membership, but these data are not included in any of the regular publications resulting from this survey.




members

Trade union members by:- ethnic group



Annual Report (Department of Labour, annual)

Reporting agency

Statistics South AfricaHead Office SwitchboardTel: (012) 310-8911Email: [email protected]

Department of LabourPrivate Bag X1170001 PretoriaFax: +27 12 320 1942

Websitewww.statssa.gov.za www.labour.gov.za

DescriptionThe data refers only to trade unions registered with the Department of Labour under the Trade Unions Ordinance. Membership figures are only available for the trade unions that report them. The poor reporting by trade unions leads to considerable fluctuations in total union membership from year to year.

Disaggregations

Number of unions registered during the year (total)

South AfricaAdministrative

Records


Number of unions cancelled/dissolved during the year (total)

Number of unions functioning at the end of the year (total)


members

Trade union members by:- sector (public or private)- occupation- size of union



Administration report of the Department of Labour (Department of Labour, annual)Statistical Abstract (Department of Census and Statistics, annual)

Reporting agency

Department of Labour NaranenpitaColombo 5Tel : +94 112583164

Department of Census and StatisticsMinistry of Finance and PlanningNo. 6 Albert CrescentPO Box 563Colombo 7Tel: +94 112675297Fax: +94 112697594

Websitewww.labourdept.gov.lk www.statistics.gov.lk

Sri LankaAdministrative

Records



Description

The ILO Office of Port-of-Spain collects data on employers' and workers' organizations and their membership for a number of Caribbean countries. The figures are drawn from administrative records made available by the organizations themselves, National Statistical Offices, Ministries of Labour and official publications. The information on employers' organizations relate to ILO constituent organizations only. The figures are not adjusted in any way. The membership totals are the result of the sum of the number of members of several organizations. However, this list of organizations reporting their membership figures is not exhaustive. For Suriname, the data on workers' organizations refer only to 5 of the 6 unions. The publication disseminating these data, The Digest of Caribbean Labour Statistics , was released on a yearly basis from 1996 to 1998, when it was published for the last time. It has not been resumed since then.








Reporting agency



Description

Statistics Sweden compiles data on union membership from the figures reported by each confederation. These data are published every year in the Statistical Yearbook of Sweden . They include retired members, and they refer to the membership of each union as of the 31st of December each year.Furthermore, the Labour Force Survey conducted by Statistics Sweden collects information on union membership. These

SurinameAdministrative

Records

Furthermore, the Labour Force Survey conducted by Statistics Sweden collects information on union membership. These figures are disseminated through a statistical database in the official website of Statistics Sweden.


Listing of trade unions by: - total membership - confederation


members

Trade union members by:- sex- age- status in employment- sector (public or private)



Statistical Yearbook of Sweden (Statistics Sweden, annual)Statistical online database (Statistics Sweden)

Reporting agencyStatistics SwedenPO Box 2430010451 Stockholm

Website www.scb.se

Sweden LFS



DescriptionThe data collected cover the Union Syndicale Suisse (the country's largest union confederation), Travail Suisse and other workers' organizations. The figures include retired members. The source of these data is the Union Syndicale Suisse , and the Federal Statistical Office disseminates them.


Listing of trade unions, by total membership


members

Trade union members by:- union- confederation



Statistical Yearbook of Switzerland (Annuaire statistique de la Suisse) (Federal Statistical Office, annual)

Reporting agency

Office fédérale de la statistiqueEspace de l’Europe 102010 NeuchâtelTel: +41 32 713 6011Fax: +41 32 713 6012

Union Syndicale SuisseMonbijoustrasse 61, case postale3000 Berne 23Tel: +41 31 377 01 01Fax: +41 31 377 01 02

Websitewww.bfs.admin.chwww.sgb.ch

DescriptionThe Central Bureau of Statistics compiles data on unionization from administrative sources and publishes it in the Statistical Abstract. However, figures on union membership were only included in this publication until 2007.




Trade union members by:- economic activity

SwitzerlandAdministrative

Records


- economic activity - mohafazat - industry of the union



Statistical Abstract (Central Bureau of Statistics, annual)

Reporting agencyCentral Bureau of StatisticsSyrian - Damascus , Abu Romana - Nezar Kabany streetTel: +963 11 3335830

Website www.cbssyr.org

DescriptionThe information is compiled by the Department of Statistics of the Council of Labour Affairs, based on administrative sources. The data refer to the end of each year.


Number of trade unions by:- geographical coverage- type (federation, industrial union or craft union)- economic activity for industry unions- occupation for craft unions


members

Trade union members by:- sex- geographical coverage of the union- type of union (federation, industrial union or craft union)- economic activity for industry unions- occupation for craft unions



Yearbook of Labour Statistics, Taiwan Area, Republic of China (Council of Labour Affairs, Executive Yuan, annual)Monthly Bulletin of Labour Statistics, Taiwan Area, Republic of China (Council of Labour Affairs, Executive Yuan, monthly)

Reporting agency

Council Of Labour Affairs, Executive Yuan9th Floor, No.83, Second Section, Yianping N. RoadDatong District, Taipei CityTaiwan 10346, R.O.C.Tel: 8862-8590-2866Fax: 8862-8590-2960

Website www.cla.gov.tw

Taiwan, China


Syrian Arab Republic




Description

The figures are compiled by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, and disseminated both by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security and the Turkish Statistical Institute. Laws 2 821 and 2 822, passed in 1983 concerning Labour Unions and Collective Bargaining Strikes and Lockouts have effectively regulated labour-management relations in Turkey. A labour union is defined as an organization in which workers participate as members and that exists in order to negotiate with employers about workers’ grievances, wages, hours of work and conditions of employment. Under the labour legislation passed in 1983, trade unions can only operate in a sector or industry. To engage in collective bargaining, union members must represent at least 10% of the workers in any particular sector, and at least 50% of the employees in the establishment. The data are collected in January and July each year, but the figures published in the database refer only to January.


Number of unions by:- industry


members

Trade union members by:- industry



Labour Statistics (Ministry of Labour and Social Security, annual)Statistical Yearbook (Turkish Statistical Institute, annual)

Reporting agency

Ministry of Labour and Social SecurityCalisma ve Sosyal Güvenlik BakanligiAnkaraFax: +904 287 1644

Websitewww.calisma.gov.trwww.turkstat.gov.tr

Description

The statistics refer to the administrative data collected from the General Secretaries of the respective trade unions as of August 2005. When a trade union is formed, in accordance with the Trade Union Act and before it can fully function, it has to be registered with the Registrar of Trade Unions (that also operates as the Commissioner for Labour Employment and Industrial Relations).



TurkeyAdministrative

Records


members

Trade union members by:- sex



Labour Market Conditions Report (Bureau of Statistics)Labour Market Information Status Report (Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development)

Reporting agency

Uganda Bureau of StatisticsP.O. Box 7186 KampalaUgandaTel: +256 414 706000Fax: + 256 414 237553

Website www.ubos.org

DescriptionThe State Statistics Committee of Ukraine compiles information on the number of trade union members (including students), based on annual reports of Ukrainian trade unions. However, these data are not disseminated in any of the agency's regular publications.



membersNumber of trade union members (total)



Reporting agency The State Statistics Committee of UkraineWebsite www.ukrstat.gov.ua

UgandaAdministrative

Records

UkraineAdministrative

Records



Description

The figures are compiled by the Department of Trade and Industry (previously named the Employment Department). The statistics cover the membership of all organizations known to this Department. Since 1975, they relate to organizations that fall within the definition of a trade union, in accordance with Section 28 of the Trade Unions and Labour Relations Act, 1974. The figures are based on data supplied by the Certification Officer for Trade Unions and Employers' Associations, which comprises unions, branches and sections on the statutory list of trade unions at the 31st of December each year. This is completed by information obtained from the Department of Economic Development of Northern Ireland and some individual trade unions. They include home and overseas membership figures of contributory and non-contributory members, under the rules of those trade unions whose head offices are situated in the United Kingdom, but do not include any members of trade unions whose head offices are elsewhere. The figures may include some people who are self-employed, unemployed or retired. As some workers may belong to more than one union, there may be some duplication in the aggregates but this is believed to be relatively insignificant.Lists of trade unions and employers' associations are kept by the Certification Office of Trade Unions and Employers' Associations. While application for entry into these lists is entirely voluntary, all listed and unlisted trade unions and employers' associations are required to submit annual returns, which include membership figures, to the Certification Officer.


Number of workers' organizations and employers' organizations by:- size of union


members

Members of workers' organizations and employers' organizations by:- size of union



Membership of trade unions, annual article in the May issue of the Employment Gazette (Employment Department, annual) (up to 1995)Membership of trade unions: an analysis based on information from the Certification Officer, annual article in the February issue of Labour market trends (Office for National Statistics, annual)Annual Report of the Certification Officer (Certification Officer for Trade Unions and Employers' Associations, annual)Annual Abstract of Statistics (Office for National Statistics, annual)

Employment Market Analysis and Research

United Kingdom


Reporting agency

Employment Market Analysis and ResearchDepartment of Trade and Industry1 Victoria StreetLondon SW1H 0ETTel: +44 20 7215 5780Email: [email protected]

Website www.dti.gov.uk



Description

The Labour Force Survey (LFS), carried out initially by the Employment Department and currently by the Office for National Statistics, included for the first time in 1989 a question on trade union membership. The survey allows union membership to be analysed by occupation, sex and age among other dissaggregations, although these data are not available for specific unions and are not comparable with the information supplied by the Certification Officer. This is not only because of the differences in geographical coverage, but also because the LFS figures exclude unemployed and retired members and overseas members.The question on trade union membership has been asked annually since 1989 to all individuals in employment (or temporarily not at work) during the reference week. This included employees as well as the self-employed, civil servants and people in training programmes responding to an employer. The wording of the questions formulated changed in 1999, affecting the comparability of the time series. Data on union membership is disseminated by the ONS for both persons in employment and employees. The figures presented in this database refer to union members who are employees.



members

Trade union members by:- sex- full-time or part-time status- manual or non-manual workers- sector (public or private)- age group - duration of service- occupation- economic activity- region- workplace size



Trade union membership and recognition: Labour Force Survey data, annual article in Labour market trends (Office for National Statistics, annual) Trade union membership (Department of Trade and Industry, annual)Trade union membership (Department for Business Innovation and Skills, annual)Office for National Statistics

United Kingdom

LFS

Reporting agency

Office for National Statistics1 Drummond GateLondon SW1V 2QQTel: +44 20 7233 9233

Employment Market Analysis and ResearchDepartment of Trade and Industry1 Victoria StreetLondon SW1H 0ETEmail: [email protected]

Websitewww.statistics.gov.uk www.dti.gov.uk/er/emar/



Description

The union membership figures are obtained from the Current Population Survey (CPS) conducted by the Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Labour Statistics. Beginning in January 1983, the CPS collects information each month on union membership and contract coverage. The CPS provides estimates of the number of employees who are union members and those who are represented by a union at their workplace, regardless of whether they are union members or not. Union members include employees belonging to traditional labour unions or to employees' associations similar to labour unions. The membership estimates exclude workers who are self-employed, retired or unemployed. Membership density is calculated as the percentage of employed wage and salary workers who are union members. Self-employed workers and military personnel are not included. Thus, the union densities calculated in this way may overstate the extent of unionization among all employed workers. The 1994 data will not be directly comparable to those of prior years because a number of changes have been introduced in the CPS that year.



members

Trade union members by:- sex- age - ethnic group- full- or part-time status (based on hours usually worked)- occupation- economic activity



Monthly labour review (Bureau of Labour Statistics, annual article)Union members (Bureau of Labour Statistics, annual)Compensation and working conditions (Bureau of Labour Statistics, annual article)News (Bureau of Labour Statistics, annual press release)Statistical Abstract of the United States (Bureau of the Census, annual)

Reporting agency

Bureau of labour StatisticsDepartment of LabourWashington, D.C. 20212Tel: +1 202 606 7828

United States LFS

Tel: +1 202 606 7828Website www.stats.bls.gov

Description

The National Statistical Office (INE) conducted in 2006 the Extended National Household Survey (Encuesta Nacional de Hogares Ampliada ), an extended version of the Continuous Household Survey (Encuesta Continua de Hogares ). This round of the survey has a module on employment that helped collecting some data on unionization, such as union membership by sex, age, geographic region, level of education, formal/informal sector, occupational category, size of the establishment, and economic activity. However, the data are presented in percentages, and not in absolute numbers.



members

Trade union members by:- sex- age- geographic region- level of education- sector (formal or informal)- occupational category- size of the establishment- economic activity. Note: Data are in percentages, no absolute figures published.



Employment situation in Uruguay (Situación del empleo en el Uruguay) (National Statistical Office – INE)

Reporting agency

Instituto Nacional de EstadísticaRío Negro 1520CP 11 100 Montevideo, Uruguay Tel: +598 2 902 7303

Website www.ine.gub.uy

UruguayHousehold

Survey

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