Influence of Trade Unions

Influence of Trade Unions 

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As per the Deakin & Morris (2012)  Trade Unions as the groups of people who collate the interests of their employees against the organization that may seek opportunities to achieve the interests of the employees. CIPD (2017) described trade unions as independent collective bodies which are representing the interests of workers. Further they identified that the literature on trade unions as so extensive. Freeman & Medoff (1984) says that independent trade unions are the most effective vehicle for employee voice, as a source of guidance to challenge the unilateral power of management control.

According to Kaine (2014)  Unions often mobilize members to take collective actions over individual grievances. He has taken transport industry of London Underground as an example where such mobilizing occurs, which extend individual grievance into more expansive collective action of the sector or whole workforce.

A trade union is an organization consist of workers who have joined together to achieve their goals in different areas such as wages and working conditions as well as negotiates contracts and conditions with employers while keeping employee satisfaction highly and protecting the workers from unsafe or unfair working conditions. Also these organization are formed together by labor, workers or employees with the aim of achieving their demands for better conditions at a working atmosphere while the Fundamental purpose of a Trade unions is to protect the interests of their employees.­­­

According to Julia.H (2017), There are two types of Trade Unions .

1. Craft unions- Represent workers who have the same skill under same profession.
2.  Industrial unions – Represent workers who are employed in the same industry with specific skills or profession.

       As per the Armstrong.M (2009),Trade unions have two unique roles which can be identified as to secure through collective bargaining, improved terms and conditions for their members, as well as to provide protection, support and advice to their members as individual employees. Also as many researches shows an additional role which means  providing legal, financial and other services to their members, has come to the industry more recently.

References

• Armstrong. M (2009), 11^th ed , A hand Book of Human Resource Management Practice Kogan Page, UK.
• Deakin, S. F. & Gillian S. Morris, 2012. Labour Law. In: r. 6, ed. s.l.:Hart Publishing.
• KAINE, S. (2014) Union voice -Handbook of research on employee voice. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp170–187.