From what I know German unions are much bigger. IG Metall covers a lot of industry like car manufacturers, Siemens is in it, Stihl chainsaws, Bosch and a lot of

From what I know German unions are much bigger. IG Metall covers a lot of industry like car manufacturers, Siemens is in it, Stihl chainsaws, Bosch and a lot of other companies. There are laws that mandate that from a certain size on employees have voting rights in management boards. In general the relationship between employees and employers is a little more cooperative compare to the US.