Europe: Interview with Mark Bergfeld, Director of Property Services at UNI Europa

We chatted today with Mark about the two groups of workers represented by UNI Europa's Property Services department -- security guards and cleaners. (UNI Europa represents 7 million workers in 272 national trade unions in 50 countries.) Mark explained some of the issues that these workers face and the challenge of organising them into unions. When asked about union density in these sectors, he threw out the astounding statistic that in Belgium, over 80% of these workers are unioni...