elected representatives to pass laws concerning work conditions, overtime, parental leave, regulation of

pensions, and other issues. Unions offered strong political support for these laws aimed at protecting workers

but, in an ironic twist, the passage of those laws then made many workers feel less need for unions.

These first three possible reasons for the decline of unions are all somewhat plausible, but they have a

common problem. Most other developed economies have experienced similar economic and political trends,

such as the shift from manufacturing to services, globalization, and increasing government social benefits and

regulation of the workplace. Clearly there are cultural differences between countries as to their acceptance of

unions in the workplace. The share of the population belonging to unions in other countries is very high
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