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This paper attempts to explain some of the economic trends we have experienced in post-industrial societies by comparing and analyzing unionization and the power of collective bargaining in the United States, Europe, and the Pacific Rim.

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"Overall, it can be said that union membership is the strongest among the democratic, industrialized nations of the west. Democracy and union membership in these countries can be said to be complimentary: countries such as Germany have strong worker participation both in corporate management and in the country's legislature. Whereas the experience of unions in the 19th and early 20th century was one of adversity between industry owners who wished to maximize profits and laborers who wished to maximize their benefits, concessions to the latter group have lead them to invest in the companies they work for. This has lead in many cases to a convergence of interests between the management of a company and its work force."

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