THE WORLD'S UNIONISTS.
Proportion Organised.
The number of trade unionists per 1 1000 occupied inhabitants in 1908 was: United Kingdom, 130; Germany, 86; Franco, -19 ; Austria, 36; United States (including unions outside the Federation of Labor), 85. For the year 1909 the total membership in Germany is brought up to 3,ff1~,259 by the inclusion of . "Roman Catholic and Protestant unions" not previously reckoned. The trades showing the largest membership vary greatly in different countries. In Germany tlie leading groups are metal workers and building trades; in Franco, transport; in Belgium, mining; in Austria, metals and transport; in Norway and Denmark, laborers; in Holland, diamond workers; in Italy, agriculture; in Switzerland,- transport; in tho United States, mining and building.
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Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 70, 12 July 1912, Page 2
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118THE WORLD'S UNIONISTS. Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 70, 12 July 1912, Page 2
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