A common challenge for all trade unions in most of the Western world is the growing trade union density gap between young and older workers. In this paper, we examine the generational trade union gap with point of departure in the Danish case. Our data stem from two large surveys (APL II & III).We find that young workers are not more individualized; to the contrary, unorganized young workers have a growing collective mind-set. Through the lens of a life-course perspective, our data show that young workers have a growing ‘fluidic’ working life. Many young workers also take jobs in parts of the labor market with weak trade unions representation not allowing them to get in contact with trade unions representatives.

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转型中的年轻工人：从生命历程的角度解释密度差距

在西方世界大部分地区，所有工会面临的一个共同挑战是年轻工人和年长工人之间日益扩大的工会密度差距。在本文中，我们考察了丹麦案例中的代际工会差距和出发点。我们的数据来自两项大型调查（APL II 和 III）。我们发现年轻工人并不更加个性化；相反，无组织的年轻工人有越来越多的集体思维定势。从生命历程的角度来看，我们的数据表明，年轻工人的“流动”工作生活正在增长。许多年轻工人还在劳动力市场的部分工作，工会代表薄弱，无法与工会代表取得联系。