After decades of decline, this is how unions can rebuild their role in Australian work
- Written by Martijn Boersma, Associate Professor, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney
As recently as the early 1990s, 40% of Australian workers were union members. While there was a slight increase in 2024 – the first in a decade – that membership is now at 13.1%.
This decline has been used to argue unions have become less important in Australians’ lives.
Although some unions have recently made headlines for the...
