Since the majority of interviewees in eastern Germany already worked there under the communist regime where being a member of the state-controlled labour organization (FDGB) was an integral part of working life and a prerequisite for gaining access to union-delivered services such as holiday accommodation, ‘never-membership’ may be much more difficult to explain in eastern Germany.
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