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Table 2 Single- and multi-employer bargaining, 2000–2013

From: What happened to collective bargaining during the great recession?

 

Single-employer bargaining

Multi-employer bargaining

% share of single-employer bargaining

 

2000

2008

2013

2000

2008

2013

2000

2008

2013

United States

14

13

12

1

1

1

93

96

96

Canada

..

26

..

..

3

..

..

90

..

Mexico

..

..

11

..

..

1

..

..

90

Chile

 

14

15

 

3

3

..

84

83

Japan

23

19

18

1

1

1

96

95

95

Rep of Korea

12

11

11

1

1

1

90

92

91

Turkey

9

6

6

3

1

1

76

86

85

Israel

18

..

20

38

..

6

32

..

77

United Kingdom

29

..

28

7

..

4

81

..

88

New Zealand

16

14

13

4

3

2

80

82

87

Australia

12

..

28

48

..

25

20

..

53

Ireland

0

0

27

44

41

5

0

0

84

Lithuania

15

14

9

0

0

1

100

100

90

Estonia

..

17

19

..

7

4

..

71

83

Latvia

..

..

12

..

..

3

..

..

80

Poland

..

13

12

..

3

3

..

81

80

Hungary

29

27

20

5

11

6

85

71

77

Czech Republic

85a

27

33

12

24

15

74a

53

69

Slovak Republic

21

..

17

16

..

8

57

..

68

Romania

..

25

32

 

70

3

 

26

91

Greece

..

10

30

..

75

10

..

12

75

Luxembourg

29

24

..

36

35

..

45

41

41

Denmark

..

22cb

..

..

62c

..

..

26cb

..

Norway

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

<20

Switzerland

9

9

8

36

37

41

20

20

16

Sweden

13b

..

 

75

..

..

15b

..

<15

Germany

8

9

8

61

53

50

12

14

14

Finland

..

10

10

..

78

80

..

11

11

Netherlands

11

7

9

71

71

76

13

9

11

Portugal

13

3

7.5

69

70

60

4

4

11

Italy

..

..

 

..

..

..

..

..

<10

Spain

10

8

7

73

72

71

12

10

9

Slovenia

0

1

5

96

91

71

12

10

9

Belgium

..

5

5

..

90

90

..

5

5

Austria

3

3

3

95

95

95

3

3

3

France

2a

2

2

91a

96

96

2a

2

2

  1. Source: J. Visser, ICTWSS database, version 5.0
  2. ..: Not available
  3. a = overlap with multiple employer agreements
  4. b = mainly ‘extension’ or ‘application’ agreements, applying sector rate