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The largest union confederation in Europe is the German Confederation of Trade Unions. Usually there are at least two national union confederations, one for academically educated and one for branches with lower education level. The largest Swedish union confederation is the blue-collar Swedish Trade Union Confederation (Landsorganisationen, or
The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are party to the EU's founding treaties, and thereby subject to the privileges and obligations of membership. They have agreed by the treaties to share their own sovereignty through the institutions of the European Union in certain aspects of government.
The European Union is the largest exporter in the world [198] and in 2008 was the largest importer of goods and services. [199] [200] Internal trade between the member states is aided by the removal of barriers to trade such as tariffs and border controls.
At America's union peak in the 1950s, union membership was lower in the United States than in most comparable countries. By 1989, that figure had dropped to about 16%, the lowest percentage of any developed democracy, except France. Union membership for other developed democracies, in 1986/87 were: [3] 95% in Sweden and Denmark. 85% in Finland
The Swedish Trade Union Confederation - Landsorganisationen i Sverige (LO) The Swedish Confederation for Professional Employees - Tjänstemännens Centralorganisation (TCO) Sveriges Arbetares Centralorganisation (SAC-Syndikalisterna)
National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers RMT; Royal College of Nursing RCN (legally a professional society rather than a trade union) Scottish Artists Union SAU [3] Sex Workers Union (SWU) Society of Radiographers SoR; Solidarity Federation; Transport and General Workers Union T&G / TGWU; Transport Salaried Staffs' Association TSSA
BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's biggest union pledged to leave no idea unexplored, including a move to a four-day week, to counter Volkswagen management's threat of closing domestic plants for the ...
European Union 449,206,600 100.0% See also. All pages with titles beginning with List of European Union member states; List of European Union member states by area;