GRIEVANCES AND COMPLAINTS

GRIEVANCES AND COMPLAINTS A union is a distinct organization, an informal organization, separate from the formal organization and the employer. However, it is considered the closest of the separate organizations because its members are employees. Its interest concerns the conditions governing employment and its primary role is that representing the workers’ interest to management. The union’s role encompasses matters related to the work environment, collective bargaining, grievances, and other labor-management problems.
UNION’S ROLE IN AN ORGANIZATION A labor union is an association of workers formed for the primary objective of influencing the employer’s decisions and policies concerning employment conditions. In the event that demands of employees are not met by management, employees turn to the labor union for assistance.
Labor Legislation Labor relations are governed by a number of legislations. Said legislation provides among other things the following:
1) Procedure for union elections
2) Requirement for employers to bargain with a union
3) Defines and prohibits certain unfair labor practices on the part of the employer that might discourage fair bargaining
4) Controls for improper practices
5) Rights of union member
6) Government-regulated system of collective bargaining
COLLECTIVE BARGAININ G Collective bargaining is a social process. It requires negotiations between representatives of management and labor to accomplish in writing an agreement covering terms and conditions of employment. Collective bargaining is aimed at working toward the attainment of new equilibrium between two social forces and to make easier the maintenance of the established equilibrium. Notwithstanding the difficulties to be met, collective bargaining is an effective practice to preserve labor-management autonomy in a free and democratic society. Collective bargaining is a continuous process. Although negotiations take place only periodically, after the contract is signed, a