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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.