A query about France

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>andie nachgeborenen wrote:
>
>>Why is French union density so low, and why does it
>>have a social democratic welfare state despite that,
>>which, if we had it, would make us think thatthe
>>revolution was over and we'd won? jks
>
>I think French unions had/have low membership, but negotiate on 
>behalf of a much larger share of the workforce than accounted for by 
>their membership. Or used to.
>
>Doug

Go to <http://www.newint.org/issue341/facts.htm>, and compare the 
charts "Non-agricultural labour force belonging to trade unions as % 
total, selected countries, 1995" and "Employees covered by 
collective-bargaining agreements, selected countries, 1995" at the 
website.  "In France 90% of employees are covered [by collective 
bargaining], though less than 10% belong to trade unions" (@ 
<http://www.newint.org/issue341/facts.htm>).  The proportion of 
employees covered by collective bargaining in France is about the 
same as that in Germany and larger than that in Sweden.
-- 
Yoshie

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