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Austria: Union membership falls

Figures published by the Austrian Trade Union Confederation (ÖGB) show that in 2006 its membership fell by 4.75%, or 63,000 members, to 1,272,000. This was a significantly greater fall than during the previous year, when the ÖGB lost 22,500 members.