In the following essay I will be investigating if NTUC and ACFTU are really trade unions and present the evidence that I have collected which has helped to shape my opinions and support my arguments. Growing up in Singapore‚ I have heard about NTUC since I was young but never have I scrutinised the trade union here so closely. I used to think that NTUC was the company that gave Singaporeans NTUC Fairprice‚ the supermarket and NTUC Income for subsidised insurance. To be quite honest‚ I was largely
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Business Law: Research Project Bryant Stratton College Mr. Coleman Kamisha Carter December 17‚ 2012 Introduction “The Public Employee Union is organized to improve Public Service. Advance and improve the interests of its members in the matter of their wages‚ hours‚ working conditions‚ and general welfare”. (Clark‚ 1968-present) Today‚ the United States is the richest country on earth
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employer and his workmen. * Collective Bargaining All negotiations which take place between one or more employers or employers’ organizations on the one hand‚ and one or more workers’ organizations on the other‚ for determining working conditions and terms of employment or for regulating relations between employers and workers. Collective bargaining concept can be viewed from three perspectives – the ‘market’ perspective‚ which views collective bargaining as the means by which labour is bought
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holds the certification certificate for most of the city’s employees‚ submitted a request to the office of the labour commissioner general under s. 39 of the Labour Code seeking‚ inter alia‚ to have the temporary employee included in the union’s bargaining unit. The labour commissioner found that the city was the employee’s real employer during the two assignments and granted the union’s request. On appeal‚ the Labour Court affirmed the decision. It acknowledged that the agency recruited‚ assigned
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ASSIGNMENT: is divided in to two task‚ TASK 01: discussion on HR strategies and practices‚ TASK 02: discussion on compensation packages negotiated through collective bargaining agreements are a major cause of our inability to compete in many sector of the international market. Content list
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of Management and Unions Labor unions have been a staple in many different industries. The purpose of a union is to organize workers‚ to act cooperatively together‚ requesting to promote and protect their mutual interests through collective bargaining. With the rise of unions across the United States came pieces of legislation to help define the rights of management and the members of the labor unions. There are three pieces of legislation that have played an important role in defining these
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had laws permitting collective bargaining for public employees. Strikes were
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Grievance in Industry There are many factors in industry‚ which make a worker unhappy and dejected. May be his fellow workers are non-co-operative or his foreman’s sarcastic or harsh remarks on his own personal problems outside the factory or domestic matters. Poverty‚ undernourishment‚ debts‚ unemployed dependent‚ etc. may be working adversely in his mind. He look around and finds everybody being unkind to him. He is aggrieved and wants to ventilate his feelings and reactions. A well-defined grievance
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SAI SA8000®: 2008 SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY 8000 SA8000® is a registered trademark of Social Accountability International Page 2 of 10 SA8000:2008 ABOUT THE STANDARD This is the third issue of SA8000‚ an auditable standard for a third-party verification system‚ setting out the voluntary requirements to be met by employers in the workplace‚ including workers’ rights‚ workplace conditions‚ and management systems. The normative elements of this standard are based
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The Decline of the Union Unions were created with the everyday worker in mind‚ an opposite to the previous mindset where the employer ruled his employee and the employee had no recourse. Unions helped pave the way for many of the current rights we have in place for American workers today; such as the length of the workday and weekly hours‚ child labor laws‚ minimum salary requirements‚ workers compensation and safe working conditions. With so much advancement in the American workforce because
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