Workers in the public sector are five times more likely to belong to a union than their private-sector counterparts.

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The trade union movement in Canada, as in many other advanced economies, is in the throes of change. Rapid technological innovation, shifts in business practices and changes in the nature of employment and the demographic make-up of the working-age population all pose challenges to the traditional strategies adopted by unions to grow and sustain their membership.

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A glance at the evolution of “union coverage,” which measures the proportion of all workers who are part of a collective agreement negotiated by a union, is revealing. According to data from the