Basic Statistics on Trade Unions
Year Number of Grassroots Unions (10 000 units) Membership and Number of Staff and Workers in Grassroots Unions (10 000 persons) Number of Fulltime Personnel of Unions(10 000 persons)
Number of
Staff and Workers
Female Membership Female
1952 20.7 1393.2
1002.3
5.3
1957 16.5 2158.3
1746.7
1962 16.5 2667.1
1922.0
8.6
1980 37.6 7448.2 2518.6 6116.5
24.3
1981 41.1 8183.0 2902.0 6843.9 2412.8 29.1
1982 43.3 8586.6 3065.9 7331.6 2629.3 32.2
1983 44.7 8845.7 3191.8 7693.4 2771.4 33.7
1984 46.6 9243.9 3370.3 8029.1 2950.3 41.9
1985 46.5 9643.0 3596.7 8525.8 3149.2 38.1
1986 50.2 9949.6 3664.3 8908.5 3309.2 45.9
1987 53.6 10411.8 3900.4 9336.5 3486.9 47.0
1988 56.4 10747.4 4434.9 9628.9 3647.0 47.4
1989 58.9 10998.6 4178.7 9909.2 3777.7 48.8
1990 60.6 11156.9 4291.0 10135.6 3897.7 55.6
1991 61.4 11351.4 4394.8 10389.1 3991.6 58.0
1992 61.7 11223.9 4377.1 10322.5 3974.0 58.0
1993 62.7 11103.8 4359.9 10176.1 3949.6 55.4
1994 58.3 11269.6 4483.2 10202.5 4018.1 56.0
1995 59.3 11321.4 4515.3 10399.6 4116.5 46.8
1996 58.6 11181.4 4500.0 10211.9 4093.1 60.5
1997 51.0 10111.5 4004.8 9131.0 3579.4 57.7
1998 50.4 9716.5 3882.0 8913.4 3546.7 48.4
1999 50.9 9683.0 3797.9 8689.9 3406.2 49.7
2000 85.9 11472.1 4534.5 10361.5 3917.3 48.2