Trade Union Growth and Decline: An International Study

by Walter Galenson

After a century of growth, trade union membership and influence have begun to decline in most of the economically advanced countries. This comprehensive analysis of membership trends covers developing as well as industrialized countries. The author's thesis is that the unions have failed to pay sufficient attention to the concerns of a labor force that is more educated, with a higher participation of women, and with a greater concern for job security than was true in the past.

176 pages, Hardcover

First published June 30, 1994

About the author

Walter Galenson was a professor of economics at Cornell University and a noted U.S. labor historian and economist.