Trade Unions
(asked on 18th December 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the number of employers in the (a) private and (b) public sector that have recognised a trade union in 2024.
Answered by
Justin Madders
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
This question was answered on 6th January 2025
The Management and Wellbeing Practices Survey estimates the percentage of employers with recognised unions and employers with union members included within the table below:
Estimated employer size (number of workers) with recognised unions and workers in unions | % of employers with recognised unions |
5 to 9 | 4% |
10 to 19 | 5% |
20 to 49 | 15% |
50 to 99 | 20% |
100 to 249 | 46% |
250 to 499 | 62% |
500 or more | 73% |