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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/20751| Title: | The perceptions of Trade Unions by their members : a survey report on Trade Unions in Malta |
| Authors: | Zammit, Edward L. Rizzo, Saviour |
| Keywords: | Labor unions -- Malta Labor unions -- Malta -- Survey Industrial relations -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 2003 |
| Publisher: | Agenda |
| Citation: | Zammit, E.L. & Rizzo, S. (2003). The perceptions of Trade Unions by their members : a survey report on Trade Unions in Malta. In G. Baldacchino, S. Rizzo & E.L. Zammit, Evolving industrial relations in Malta (pp. 129-155). Malta: Agenda. |
| Abstract: | During the last two decades of the 20th century, trade union membership in many countries has registered a decline. This downward trend was particularly severe in France, the United Kingdom, Italy and the Netherlands (Crouch, 1992, p. 177). The 1997 ILO Report has commented on the decline of trade union power and membership relative to the workforce. Between 1975 and 1995, the overall mean percentage of union density in Europe declined from 50.1% to 43.1% (Blaschke, 2000, p. 221). If one were to exclude a number of Northern European countries - Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Belgium - where, maybe due to the presence of a union managed employment scheme the union density has increased - the mean density of the rest of Europe in 1995 would have been a paltry 32% (ibid.). |
| Description: | The research was carried out by the WPDC and kindly sponsored by the Freidrich Ebert Foundation (Malta Office). The contribution made by Victor Aquilina, Junior Research Fellow, towards both the fieldwork and analysis phases of the project is gratefully acknowledged. An abridged version of this paper was published in South East Europe Review, Vol 3, No.3, 2000, pp. 137- 149, while a second paper based on the same findings was published in Employee Relations, Vol. 24, No.1, 2002, pp. 53-68. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/20751 |
| ISBN: | 9993262226 |
| Appears in Collections: | Evolving industrial relations in Malta |
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