A new Employment Outlook of the OECD provides figures on the bargaining pattern (central, sectoral, local) and the coverage of collective agreements. The report includes updated Tables and Graphs on the structure of collective bargaining systems, changes in the labour share and in income inequality. In one chapter workers’ bargaining power and the evolution of collective bargaining institutions is treated. Countries with widespread multi-employer bargaining and/or legal extension mechanisms, such as Austria, Belgium, France, Finland, Germany, Italy and Spain, all have relatively high collective bargaining coverage rates which are significantly higher than their union density rates.
English: http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/employment/oecd-employment-outlook-2012 ...
French: http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/employment/perspectives-de-l-emploi ...
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