in France, certain sectors “are union deserts”, indicates Bernard Vivier

In France, the unionization rate has continued to decline for several years. The unionization rate was 7.8% in France in 2020. Bernard Vivier, director of the Higher Institute of Labor and expert in social and union issues, specifies that it is “15% in the public sector, 5% in the private sector. And above all, the new sectors of the economy, services, distribution, new economies, are trade union deserts: 1%, 2%. in France, when trade unions sign a text, build social progress, these texts apply to 100% of employees”he says.

Bernard Vivier explains that the division between the unions is not the main concern, because it offers “pluralism. It’s diversity, it’s a wider offer”. “The basic problem in France is that the unions live a little bit what political parties live. That is to say: they live at election time and not enough on a daily basis in contact, for the parties , citizens and for trade unions, employees”he describes.