Employees' Unions and/or Federation of Employees'
SUMMARY OF TRADE UNION MEMBERSHIP FIGURES
(Showing position at 31st December of the year)
MEMBERSHIP
No. of Unions
Declared
1976 1977
1976
1977
Increase
Decrease
Change
1976
Estimated Paid-up
1977
•
Change
Unions:
Affiliated to F.T.U.
67* 67*
Friendly towards F.T.U.
29
29
Affiliated to T.U.C.
84
77
224,544 228,313
63,415 69,166
33,462 33,749
6,002 (46) |2,233 (19) 5,934 (23) 1,810 (25)
+ 3,769
187,226 198,830
183 (4)
1,523 (39)
+ 5,751
287
+ 11,604 50,768 57,339 + 6,571
26,453 28,689 + 2,236
Friendly towards T.U.C.
9
9
Classified as independent
122
131
4,883 4,744 61,773 68,353
8 (2)
8,857 (79)
147 (4)
2,277 (40)
139
3,920 3,661
259
+ 6,580
56,339 62,718 + 6,379
Total: Employees' Unions
311
313
388,077 404,325
22,611(175)
Employers' Associations
44
44
4,848 4,936
124 (3)
Mixed Organisations of Employees & Employers
12
15
5,600 5,777
308 (6)
6,363(106)
36 (2)
131 (12)
+16,248
88
177
324,706 351,237 4,339 46343
4,848 5,101
+ 26,531
4
253
GRAND TOTAL:
367
372
398,525 415,038 23,043(184) | 6,530(120) +16,513 333,893 360,681
+ 26,788
* Including one trade union federation of 4 employees' unions
Note: Figures in brackets denote number of unions registering increase/decrease in membership.