Mason, Bob; Bain, Peter - In: Industrial and Labor Relations Review 46 (1993) 2, pp. 332-351
Trade union density, defined as the number of union members divided by the total number of workers, fell in Britain from 55% in 1979 to about 41% in 1989. (By comparison, the corresponding U.S. figures for those years are 23% and 16%.) Even before the decline began, British scholars and...