As all public sector employees are covered by a collective agreement, those not covered work exclusively in the private sector. In this sector, 82 percent of employees were covered by a collective agreement in 2024. In total, approximately 560,000 employees were not covered by any collective agreement in 2024. Of these, around 215,000 were women and 345,000 were men.
About 66 percent of employees were a member of a trade union in 2024, but the difference in unionisation rate between blue-collar workers and white-collar workers has increased. In 2006, 77 percent of both blue-collar and white-collar workers were members of a union. The union membership rate of blue-collar workers in particular has declined since then, amounting to 54 percent in 2024. There was a much smaller decline among white-collar workers, from 77 percent in 2006 to 73 percent in 2024.
Collective agreement coverage and the labour market organisations 2024 is a translation of the introduction and summary of the report ”Kollektivavtalstäckning och arbetsmarknadens organisationer 2024”.