What is the purpose of trade union?
Answer:
to protect workers rights
To take some of your wages every week/month, and do nothing when you ask them for help.
To fight for better rights from an unsympathetic employer.
They give you advice if you're having a hard time at work and think you are being treated unfairly. If you have disiplinary hearings or you are starting a grievance process or something then you can ask your rep to be present for example.
A trade union or labor union is "a continuous association of wage-earners for the purpose of maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment."
Over the last three hundred years, trade unions have developed into a number of forms, influenced by differing political and economic regimes. The immediate objectives and activities of trade unions vary, but may include:
Provision of benefits to members: Early trade unions, like Friendly Societies, often provided a range of benefits to insure members against unemployment, ill health, old age and funeral expenses. In many developed countries, these functions have been assumed by the state; however, the provision of professional training, legal advice and representation for members is still an important benefit of trade union membership.
Collective bargaining: Where trade unions are able to operate openly and are recognised by employers, they may negotiate with employers over wages and working conditions.
Industrial action: Trade unions may organize strikes or resistance to lockouts in furtherance of particular goals.
Political activity: Trade unions may promote legislation favorable to the interests of their members or workers as a whole. To this end they may pursue campaigns, undertake lobbying, or financially support individual candidates or parties (such as the Labour Party in Britain) for public office.
a trade union is when all workers form a group so they can fight for better and safer working conditions. Before it became legal, working conditions and the salary for workers were terrible but nobody wanted to fight it alone. Now as a group, employees have a strong say and their employers need to listen to them, since if they don't, the trade unions' leaders might take them to court, or just organize a worker strike. (of course, as long as the demands are reasonable!)
strength in numbers
Many years ago when they were relevant, the stated purpose was to protect workers, usually in the area of wages, safety and fairness. Over the years, they have lost many jobs to overseas interests because they try to get companies to sign off on contracts they cannot afford. So much for protecting jobs.
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A friend used to ask that very same question and never joined a union. Now she has had an accident at work and has to arrange time off work to attend the CAB, hire a solicitor and stand up to the company on her own. A trade union would have done all this for her, at no cost to herself. My husband is a trade union rep. and regularly supports members who need help, not only for company issues, but private issues too. They don't just take your money, they are there for when you need them. Join a union today!
By the answers, I'm assuming you mean Labor Union not an alliance between countries for purposes of trade.
Strength in numbers. But, it also depends on your career field. Industry Unions (Teachers, Airline Pilots, Auto Workers, etc) are different from Craft (aka Trade) Unions (Boilermakers, Ironworkers, Pipefitters, Electricians, etc.).
The differences that Craft Unions have:
- Training: Apprenticeships (usually 4 years). Both bookwork and on the job training. Paid while learning the Trade.
- Full Referral: Members don't pound the pavement to get a job. They sign the Out of Work list at the Hall. When a job comes up, the Hall dispatches them out to work.
- Pension & Healthcare: In most Craft Unions, the Pension & Healthcare accounts are held and administered by the Union (the company pays in during the term of employment)
Those are just the Major differences between Industry & Craft. With my husband's trade, it is normal to have 5-10 different employers in one year. So, he'd NEVER be with a company long enough to have benefits or retirement. Dues are a non-issue because they are only 6% of his gross and about $30 per month working ($12 out of work, $0 sick or injured); they're also a tax deduction. Because he's Union, his wages are about 61% higher than a non-union worker in the same trade; not to mention the additional benefits.
Having someone to represent you is PRICELESS! The Union was the major factor in getting the State L&I to understand why a Boilermaker must have strong ankles & balance to work (walking iron 180+ feet in the air). There is no such thing as light duty for a BM and returning to work too soon will cause life long damage and increase the potential for a big accident (or death). Because of a letter sent by the Union, my husband got the surgery and physical therapy he needed to go back to work after an 8' fall onto concrete - on the job injury. He's now back to working and his ankle is about 80% instead of 20% use (it will never again be 100%).
.they used to good in the seventies sticking up for the workers rights
but today they are a waist of money.
i think the purpose of a trade union is to let people buy stuff from other countries and help the nations become like a stronghold against crime and terrorism.
I have always belonged to the appropriate union to my work all through out my working life, and on THREE separate occasions, its been my Godsend!
Working conditions, and two occasions of bullying, the union has stepped in, and sorted it, worth every penny, and was it not for trade unions, we would all have a lot less pleasant life at work trust me. People have FOUGHT for the right to belong to unions.
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