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That's not the case in Germany as well, there's practically only the DGB (Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund, German Trade Union Federation) that has member unions tha
by luckylion 7y ago
That's not the case in Germany as well, there's practically only the DGB (Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund, German Trade Union Federation) that has member unions that have very little overlap. Yes, there are some small, competing unions (e.g. there is another union representing police officers and another federation for people working in government organisations) and some non-members (e.g. a union representing airplane pilots or medical personel), but there's not a lot of competition, the DGB represents about 85% of all union members and is very closely connected to the SPD, one of the major parties.
- username90 7y agoDGB is a choice though, you aren't forced to join it. Every worker at Kickstarter will be forced to join this union, so the situation is very different.
- luckylion 7y agoI didn't mean to imply one way or the other, just wanted to point out that "competition between unions" isn't really a thing in Germany, so "that's why it works that well in Europe" is questionable. I don't know how it works in France or the UK, so Germany might be the total outlier, but it would be an outlier of 80m people.