TRAD E UNIONS TRADE UNIONS WHAT IS A TRADE UNION? A trade union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union‚ through its leadership‚ bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour with employers. This may include the negotiation of wages‚ work rules‚ complaint procedures‚ rules governing hiring‚ firing and promotion of workers‚ benefits‚ workplace safety and policies
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Welfare activities by the Trade Unions The Indian Trade Union movement‚ in general‚ has so far neither the will nor the ability to undertake the welfare work. The biggest limitations in the case of trade union is of course lack of funds. One of the oldest worker’s organization of the country i.e Textile Labour Association‚ Ahmedabad has organized a number of social and welfare activities for the benefits of its members. The main activities of trade unions is to ensure adequate wages‚ secure
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The Trade Unions Act‚ 1926 Introduction The object of Trade Unions Act‚ 1926 is to provide for registration of Trade unions and to define law relating to registered trade unions in certain aspects. Trade Union – Trade Union means any combination‚ whether temporary or permanent‚ formed primarily for the purpose of regulating the relations between workmen and employers or between workmen and workmen‚ or between employers and employers‚ or for imposing restrictive conditions on the conduct of
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Trade Unions had struggled to achieve the freedom to exist in the early stages of the industrial revolution. Provide a critical account of their early developments‚ noting some of the major changes in their formation and character. A trade union can be described as an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas and working conditions. They were established around the early eighteenth century and membership was low and most were from within crafting industries
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Problems of Trade Unions in India 1. Lack of Balanced Growth Trade unions are often associated with big industrial houses. A vast majority of the working population is without any union backing. The entire agricultural sector is highly unorganized in India. The agricultural workers are subject to all kinds of exploitation. The same is true with respect to those working in small scale and cottage industries. Lack of balanced growth of trade unions in all sectors is one of the major weakness of
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and Commercial Workers’ Union‚ the NLRA would protect me because they don’t just protect us employees trying to unionize‚ but they protect us employees whose conduct is to defend and the reporting of work conditions for the benefit of fellow employees. According to Labor Law the NLRA “Typical protected concerted activities include union organizing‚ the discussion of unionization among employees‚ and the attempt by one employee to solicit union support from another employee.” The NLRA protects us
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INTRODUCTION Employee Relations can be explained asset of activities concerned with maintaining employer-employee relationships that contribute to satisfactory productivity‚ motivation‚ and morale. Essentially‚ Employee Relations is concerned with preventing and resolving problems involving individuals which arise due to work related or non work related issues. As we look back towards the history it is obvious that various sorts of industrial related conflicts take place within or outside the
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A union is an organized group of workers who are dedicated to protecting members’ interests‚ negotiating with businesses and corporations on their behalves‚ to improve their wages‚ working conditions and hours. Trade Unions ensure that workers receive fair treatment‚ protection and various other benefits in the workplace. These include‚ - but are not limited to- social security payment‚ overtime pay and minimum wage. Its role is not only confined to protecting employees‚ but also stabilizing economic
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the rise.This demand of workforce led to the start of trade unions to protect employees’ working conditions such as good working environment‚good salaries‚medical cover and other allowances. The umbrella of trade unions known us Central Organisation of Trade unions was fromed to represent unions in various capacities has been on the frontline to empower employees to join unions to help them address their employment grievances. Trade unions are faced by a number of challenges that needs to be
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TOPIC: ACTIVITIES OF TRADE UNIONS AND THEIR EFFECTIVENESS 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY For several years white settlers were able to sabotage all efforts of permiting the growth of trade unions.The colonial government attitude towards thetrade unions in kenya was for sometime very hostile because of the belief that trade union activities meant violence‚rioting and communism.Until 1955‚the kenya government was fighting against the building of a trade union and only in that year
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