Becausetheseeconomies'globalintegration hasmadeLabourmoreabundant, workers in developedcountrieshave lostsomeoftheirbargainingpower, which has put downward pressure onrealwages.
It really surprised me, that India is at 17%, and China, a very rapidly growing economy where a lot of people are finding that they havesomebargainingpower with their employers is at 12%.
He may have bought extra votes by bargaining over the new cabinet, and over a constitutional reform that would shift somepower from the president to parliament next year.