It is believed that trade union power and density across countries is declining in the post-globalization period. I could not find any systematically compiled data in support or against this. Can you share data including research papers in this regard?
There doesn't seem to be a lot of up-to-date data on this subject:
For Europe, the most complete and up-to-date data set is that operated by Jelle Visser at AIAS, to be found here: http://www.uva-aias.net/208
This is surely the most reliable and cited reference. For instance, see quotation in European Commission's report on "Industrial relations in Europe 2014" (http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=738&langId=en&pubId=7739).
Lehmann and Muravyev (2012) have published the dataset that confirms this declining tendency in post-socialist countries
Full reference: Lehmann, H., & Muravyev, A. (2012). Labour market institutions and labour market performance. Economics of Transition, 20(2), 235-269.
OECD Stat provides data on trade union density since 1980 for most OECD countries.
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