The National Union of Bank Employees (NUBE) represents 28,000 employees from the clerical and non-clerical sector of Malaysia's commercial banks. Trade unions however are seeing an overall declining trend in membership. Only a mere 9% of Malaysia's 11 million workers are unionised -- lagging far behind nations like Japan, the UK and Singapore. 

What does the decline in membership mean for unions' 'strength in numbers' philosophy?

Will they still have the collective bargaining power?

The National Union of Bank Employees (NUBE) represents 28,000 employees from the clerical and non-clerical sector of Malaysia's commercial banks. Trade unions however are seeing an overall declining trend in membership. Only a mere 9% of Malaysia's 11 million workers are unionised -- lagging far behind nations like Japan, the UK and Singapore. What does the decline in membership mean for unions' 'strength in numbers' philosophy? Will they still have the collective bargaining power?

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