Where Labor Unions Aren’t Going Away

Unions are much stronger in Nordic countries than in the U.S. They’re also very different.

Bloomberg Opinion
Sep 4, 2018 · 5 min read
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By Justin Fox

Unions are on the decline in the U.S., and have been for a long time. Last year, only 6.5 percent of private-sector workers in the U.S. belonged to one. (Among public-sector workers the unionization rate was 34.4…

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