TRADE UNIONS
TRADE UNIONS
DEFINITIONS OF TRADE UNIONS
• The Classic Definition of a Trade Union as ‘a continuous association of wage earners for the purpose of maintaining or improving the condition of their working lives’ Coates (1982).
• Hyman (1983) defines a trade union as ‘associations of workers who are already organized by those to whom they sell their labour power and whose actions they are designed to influence’.
• According to Cole G.D.H., a trade union is an association of workers in one or more occupations carried mainly for the purpose of protection and advancing the members’ economic interests in connection with their daily work.
• A trade union is an organization of workers who have joined together so as to improve their interests.
• A trade union is an organization of workers formed to promote, protect and improve through collective action the social, economic and political interests of its members
• A trade union is an organization whose membership consists of workers and union leaders, united to protect their common interest.
• Trade unions are organizations that represent people at work. Their purpose is to protect and improve people's pay and conditions of employment. They also campaign for laws and policies which will benefit working people.
• Trade unions exist because an individual worker has very little power to influence decisions that are made about his or her job. By joining together with other workers, there is more chance of having a voice and influence.
• The umbrella of trade union known to us is COTU.
• It represents union in various capacities.
• The core purpose of a trade union is to negotiate wages and better working conditions, enforce terms of collective bargaining, take collective action, settle grievance, raise new demands on behalf of its members,regualte relations between workers( its members) and employers The Objectives of Trade Unions
• Secure better wages for workers in keeping with prevailing standards of living and the
DEFINITIONS OF TRADE UNIONS
• The Classic Definition of a Trade Union as ‘a continuous association of wage earners for the purpose of maintaining or improving the condition of their working lives’ Coates (1982).
• Hyman (1983) defines a trade union as ‘associations of workers who are already organized by those to whom they sell their labour power and whose actions they are designed to influence’.
• According to Cole G.D.H., a trade union is an association of workers in one or more occupations carried mainly for the purpose of protection and advancing the members’ economic interests in connection with their daily work.
• A trade union is an organization of workers who have joined together so as to improve their interests.
• A trade union is an organization of workers formed to promote, protect and improve through collective action the social, economic and political interests of its members
• A trade union is an organization whose membership consists of workers and union leaders, united to protect their common interest.
• Trade unions are organizations that represent people at work. Their purpose is to protect and improve people's pay and conditions of employment. They also campaign for laws and policies which will benefit working people.
• Trade unions exist because an individual worker has very little power to influence decisions that are made about his or her job. By joining together with other workers, there is more chance of having a voice and influence.
• The umbrella of trade union known to us is COTU.
• It represents union in various capacities.
• The core purpose of a trade union is to negotiate wages and better working conditions, enforce terms of collective bargaining, take collective action, settle grievance, raise new demands on behalf of its members,regualte relations between workers( its members) and employers The Objectives of Trade Unions
• Secure better wages for workers in keeping with prevailing standards of living and the