I‑ Unionization Rates
•No accurate data
–Perhaps 9% overall
–Perhaps under 6% in private sector
•Disproportionately public sector
•Union support much greater than membership
–Influence much greater than membership would indicate
Perhaps 9% overall
   Down by half 1975
   Seems to have stopped downward trend and stabilized since late 1990s

Disproportionately public sector
   Teachers only group in country well over 50% organized
   FEN, teachers union was largest in the country (and independent of all federations)
   Split in 1992 with more moderate leaders of FEN remaining dominant among primary teachers
   More radical group calling itself FSU became dominant among secondary teachers

Influence much greater than membership would indicate
   Because unions play formal role in administration of unemployment system, retirement system, vocational training, etc.
   Also because they negotiate many of these issues with employers and then see the results enacted into law