What is the purpose of a trade union?

Answer 1

Under United States labor law, the purposes of a trade union are to permit employees to bargain collectively regarding wages, hours, and conditions of employment.

Answer 2

A trade union is meant to represent members of a certain industry who want collective bargaining power. They can lobby for better prices for their produce and a more conducive legal environment.

Answer 3

To establish a set of rules and ensure some benefits to the members of the union, i.e. members of the EU (which began as a trade union) have benefits from trading with each other whereas they pay a higher tariff when importing from non-EU countries, so there's a greater enticement for trading with fellow union members over non-union members.

Answer 4

Trade unions are groups of workers who have come together to set common goals which include: getting higher pay, increasing the number of employees, and acquiring more favorable work conditions.

Answer 5

To protect workers from unfair wage and benefit discrimination, ensure safe working conditions, have input on the number of hours worked, including holidays, fair overtime compensation, and act as the voice of the worker in dealings with management.

Answer 6

There are 9 main functions of a trade union, which are as follow:

1. Collective bargaining with the management to settle terms and conditions of employment.
2. Advise the management on personnel policies and practices.
3. Taking up the individual and collective grievances of the workers with the management.
4. Work for achieving better say of workers in the management of affairs of the enterprise which influence the lives of the workers directly.
5. Organising demonstrations, strikes, etc, to press demands of workers.
6. Education of workers and their children.
7. Welfare and recreational activities for their members.
8. Representing of workers in various national and international forums.
9. Securing legislative protection for workers from the government.

Answer 7

Generally speaking, labor unions can be said to have 7 objectives. These can be summarized as follows:

1. recognition of the union to be the only bargaining agent;

2. higher wages;

3. fewer working hours unless there are money incentives attached;

4. job security;

5. safe and sanitary working conditions;

6. paid vacations; and

7. fringe benefits such as health plans & pensions.

Answer 8

to protect workers and achieve higher pay