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by actsasbuffoon 4955 days ago
I believe there are some in Sweden. Something like 85% of their workforce is part of a union if memory serves.

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Here are some stats: http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?QueryId=20167

Apparently Sweden used to be around 80% unionized in 1999, but the numbers have fallen pretty sharply since then. These days they sit a little below 70%, which is still remarkably high.

My understanding is that engineers and other technical people are often unionized in Sweden, but that could be as outdated as my 85% number above.