The given article presents a critique of the positions which try to explain the low rate of union membership of the young people by a generational change of values that are contrary to the project and the values of the unionism, leaving the unions with no other option but to adapt to the situation. The problem is that in spite of the lack of empirical evidence of these approaches, their positions remain, relying on the negative image of both young people and unions that is given by the media and the specialized literature. Based on this context, the article sets out the case of Spain, where the above-mentioned characteristics can be seen, and use the data on the valuation of the unions of the last Quality of Worklife Survey (2010), to show, in a simple way, that young people don’t value unions worse than adults and that more knowledge on this issue is needed.... [Leer más...]