Trade union density in Iceland

• Published in: Veftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
• Main Authors: Aðalsteinsson, Gylfi Dalmann, Guðlaugsson, Þórhallur Örn
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Icelandic
• Published: Stjórnsýslustofnun 2019
• Subjects: Trade union; trade union density; labour market; Stéttarfélög; stéttarfélagsaðild; vinnumarkaður; Gerðar; Iceland
• Online Access: http://www.irpa.is/article/view/a.2019.15.1.4; https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2019.15.1.4

Few studies have been conducted on trade union density in Iceland, some has been written about trade unions in Iceland. There has been a lot of debate in Europe over the last 20 years of declining trade union density. There are various reasons for this decline, such as general economic prosperity si...