Will the United Kingdom Join the Euro Club? When the euro was introduced in January 1999‚ the United Kingdom was conspicuously absent from the list of European countries adopting the common currency. Although the current Labor government led by Prime Minister Tony Blair appears to be in favor of joining the euro club‚ it is not clear at the moment if that will actually happen. The opposition Tory party is not in favor of adopting the euro and thus giving up monetary sovereignty of the country. Public
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* The Role of Trade Union Trade unions are unique organisations whose role is variously interpreted and understood by different interest groups in the society. Traditionally trade unions role has been to protect jobs and real earnings‚ secure better conditions of work and life and fight against exploitation and arbitrariness to ensure fairness and equity in employment contexts. In the wake of a long history of union movement and accumulated benefits under collective agreements‚ a plethora of
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the UN General Assembly on 10 December 1948 in Paris. Free movement of people within European countries‚ initially designed exclusively for workers‚ was established in Article 48 of Treaty of Rome in 1957. Legal grounds for mobility of people in the EU arise from Article 3‚ paragraph 2 of the Treaty of European Union as well as Article 21 and Titles IV and V of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). Moreover‚ legal basis for mobility of people within the EU was set in Directive
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TRADE UNIONS FREDRICK BANDA INTRODUCTION This chapter examines democracy from another angle that is the way democracy is rooted in the collective action of citizens outside of the formal institutions of democratic government. The trade union movement in Malawi dates as far back as the end of the Second World War. It has undergone a process of growth‚ decline and growth again over the past seven decades or so. To understand how trade unionism has developed in any country‚ we need to consider
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employer and the employee are obvious parties. The state‚ in ensuring a level playing field for both sides‚ provides the legal framework within which such relations may take place". In industrial relations‚ workers are generally represented by their trade
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FUTURE OF THE TRADE UNIONS Introduction In this assignment it has been asked to discuss the future of the trade union movement in the 21st century in both the public and private sector in the UK. The report will be developed with both primary research as interviews and secondary research which involves websites‚ leaflets and journals. From the collected research it would be able to construct a reflective report on the history‚ how the operate today and the hopes that trade unions have to be
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Trade Union Development in Jamaica & Trinidad & Tobago Trade Unionism: Hugh W. Springer Trade Unionism is an instrument of social change and progress. It had to be invented because it is a necessary part of the apparatus of democratic government in modern industrial society. In the West Indies the Trade Union Movement came into existence as part of the larger movement for the freedom and independent nationhood. Economic Conditions that contributed to Discontentment in the Region
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Trade union is a labor union of craftspeople or workers in related crafts‚ as distinguished from general workers or a union including all workers in an industry (Dictionary.com 2010). It is a de facto of the government‚ and they as often act as government representatives to workers’ trade union. It compromises those who are not part of the elite society. (Michael D. Barr‚ 2000‚ page 480). In this essay‚ I will first discuss the characteristics of trade union in Singapore which will include a brief
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Benefits of joining a union……………………………………………….Page 6 Membership declines and impact of legislation…………………………Page 7 Effect of Human Resources on Employees and Union memberships…Page 9 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………Page 10 References…………………………………………………………………Page 11 Executive Summary: Since the 1980’s trade union membership numbers have declined rapidly ( Balnave et al‚ 2007‚ pg 130). Once upon a time it was quiet important for employees to be part of a union as it entitled them
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Central and Eastern European Countries by Marian L. Tupy Executive Summary The accession of eight Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) to the European Union in 2004 will bring some important benefits. The new members will gain from reduced barriers to trade and investment. By 2010‚ the movement of labor will also be freed. But accession to the EU is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for economic growth. The combined effects of market access and economic liberalization‚
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