Unions and Union Membership in New Zealand: Annual Review for 1994

Abstract

This note reports our most recent survey of unions and union membership in New Zealand for the year ended 31 December 1994. It builds on our earlier surveys for the 31 December years for 1991, 1992 and 1993 (Harbridge and Hince, 1993a, 1993b; Harbridge, Hince and Honeybone. 1994). In last year's report, we suggested that union decline may have "bottomed out". The 1994 data does not support that suggestion. Unions have lost a further 33,000 members in the most recent year, while the number of unions operating has increased by 15.