Because nearly everyone in Germany is in some sort of union.
Entirely different climate, sort of like life-long employment culture in Japan.
Entirely different climate, sort of like life-long employment culture in Japan.
This is not true. DGB (comprising most unions and all major ones) reported less than 6M members last year [1] out of ~45M working population total or ~34M of dependently employed people [2].
A lot of people might end up benefiting from a union due to them often negotiating contracts for whole occupational groups, but they are not members.
[1] https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/5837/umfrage/...
[2] https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Arbeit/Arbeitsmarkt/Erwerb...