Story: Unions and employee organisations
Union membership in New Zealand has never reached 50% of the paid workforce, although it came close to that figure in the late 1980s. The rate of membership dropped sharply to under 20% when the Employment Contracts Act was passed in 1991.
Source: Statistics New Zealand; Department of Labour
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