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Trade Union
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Trade union
Trade union means any combination ofworkers or of employers formed primarilyfor the purpose of regulating the relationbetween employers and workers orbetween workers and worker, or between
employers and employers
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Functions of Trade Unions in
Bangladesh
Organizing the workers: The objective ofan industrial relations system is to provide
a framework within which the conflictsinherent in a worker-employer relationmay be peacefully resolved.
Collective Bargaining: Collectivebargaining is the process whereby workersorganize together to meet, converse, andcompromise upon the work environmentwith their employers.
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Functions of Trade Unions in
Bangladesh (Contd.)
Democratizing: The Trade Unions rankand file are provided with the opportunity
of electing their stewards, committees ofmanagement, and through the delegatesystem, their executives and otherleaders.
Industrial action: Trade unions mayorganize strikes or resistance to lockouts infurtherance of particular goals.
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Functions of Trade Unions in
Bangladesh (Contd.)
Provision of benefits to members: Tradeunions often provide a range of benefits
to insure members againstunemployment, ill health, old age andfuneral expenses etc.
Fostering education for workers:Educational schemes are meant to
enhance the workers knowledge of hiswork environment and to inform him fullyabout the issues that concern him.
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Functions of Trade Unions in
Bangladesh (Contd.)
Communicating with others about theactivities of the union: Many large unions
publish a newsletter or a magazine. Theirmain aim is to clarify the unionspolicy orstand on certain principal issues and alsoto pass on information about the unionand its activities.
Welfare activities: Many unions provide anumber of welfare activities to improvethe quality of the workerslives.
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Functions of Trade Unions in
Bangladesh (Contd.)
Political activities: Trade unions maypromote legislation favorable to the
interests of their members or workers as awhole.
Enhancement of human potential: Tradeunions also play a role in helping to
develop the human potential of themembers.
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Objectives of Trade Union To ensure the reasonable wages for the workers
To improve the working condition, like- working hour,leave, social security and some benefits andopportunities for the employees.
To ensure the participation of employees in profit Trade union ensure the job security of the member
employee.
To establish the appropriate industrial relations byreducing/eliminating the conflict between the
employers and workers. To ensure the promotional facility to the employees
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Objective of Trade Union (Contd.) To increase the morality of the employees by
which they can consider themselves as a powerfulperson for the organization
To represents the workers rights or necessities by
selecting the representative of the employees
To participate in the management by their ownmanagement capabilities
To resolve the economical problem, and protects
the rights of the employees and ensure security inthe works environment.
To ensure the allocation of wages on the basis ofequity by negotiation with the employers
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Disadvantages of Trade Union Sometime trade union influences the union member to
participate in illogical strike and same types of activities.
The trade union which influence by the political party, alwayssave the interest of those political party. So, they can notprotect the employeesinterest.
Sometime it creates unrest in the organization. For this reasonthe industry loses their productivity and increase productioncost.
Trade union creates the conflict between the employee andemployee or between the union and union.
Sometime trade union creates pressure for increase profit whichbecomes the economic loss of the organization.
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Reasons why Workers Join
Union? Bargaining power: trade union is the legal
organization of a company. Employees jointrade union and increase their power for
bargaining with the employer. For this reasonthe employees join themselves with a tradeunion.
Job security: trade union ensures the job
security of the member employee. If anemployee engages himself with trade union theemployers can not discharge those employeeswithout any reason.
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Reasons why Workers Join
Union? (Contd.) More income: by collective bargaining with the employer,
trade union make the environment for getting theovertime payment, gratuity, provident fund, medicalallowances, bonus, festival bonus for the employees. Trade
union ensures the environment where an employee getsthe overtime payment.
Implementation of labor laws in proper way: every countryhas some labor law, factory act, industrial law and
industrial relation. Most of the times the employers dontwant to practice this rule in their organization. Because,they face some economical loss for the practice of thoserule. Trade union creates pressure to the employers forpractice these rules.
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Reasons why Workers Join
Union? (Contd.)
Opportunity for submission of workers opinion tothe employers: if an employee personallycomplaint to the employer, then the employer
may not give emphasize to the complaint. If thetrade union member of such kinds of activitythen the employers give emphasis to thecomplaint.
Economic development: trade union createspressure to the employers for increase the wagesand other allowances by which the employeecan develop them economically.
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Reasons why Workers Join
Union?(Contd.)
Participation for recognition: sometime theemployee join themselves in trade union formake him famous and he want to recognition by
the employers.
Industrial peace: employee may joint tradeunion for reducing the conflict between
employer and employees or betweenmanagement and employees. By which tradeunion can maintain a peace full environment inthe organization.
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Reasons Why Workers do not
Join Trade Union?Corruption of the trade union may restricted the
employees to join this trade union
Employees do not join trade union for confusing
behavior and activities of the union leaderMost of the employee dont join trade union for
the autocratic behavior of the leader
Some employees dont join trade union for
misconception about trade union If the trade union can not solve the fundamental
problem of the employee, then the employeedo not join trade union.
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Types and Structure of
Trade Unions
1. According to the purpose for which theyare established
2. Types of their membership
Trade unions based on their purposes :-
a) Reformist
b)
Revolutionary
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(i) Reformist Unions : aims to preserve thecapitalist economy and maintenance ofcompetitive production based industrialrelations, like to continue the existingsocial, economic and political structure.
Seek to improve the wages, workingconditions, quality of work life byincreasing the productivity level and bybargaining for a share in the increasedproductivity.
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Reformist further divided into
1. Business Union :They believe in congenialemployee-employer relation, protect theworkers interest by participating incollective bargaining, prefer voluntaryarbitration and conciliation
2. Uplift Union :they concentrate oneducation, health insurance and benefits,aspire to elevate the moral, intellectual andsocial life of workers, these unions areinterest-conscious of the workers.
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Revolutionary Unions :-
They aim at replacing the present system withthe new and different situations that arepreferable.
aims at destroying the capitalistic system
abolish private property and installing socialistor communistic systems.
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Revolutionary divided into 2 types
a) Political Unions: gain power throughpolitical actions. These resort to politicalaction to protect the workers interest.
a) Anarchist Unions: try to destroy theexisting economic system byrevolutionary means.
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Trade Union Structure
Craft Unionsif the workers of the same craft orcategory of the job form into an union, that union iscalled Craft union. Such organizations include thoseworkers having similar skills, training and specialization.The Ahmedabad Weavers Union, the Kanpur Suti Mill
Mazdoor Sabha
General Unionsif the workers of any industry, anyregion and of any job or occupation form into oneunion in order to protect the overall interests of the
workers. The Jamshedpur labour Union, the NationalUnion of Municipal and General Workers.
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Industrial Unionsworkers of different
categories form into a union that iscalled industrial union. It links allcraftsmen and skilled workers in anyone industry. It is organized upon and
industry-wise rather than a craft-wisebasis.
Textile Labour Association of
Ahmedabad, The Rashtriya MillMazdoor Sangh, Bombay.
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Federations :Industrial unions, either of
same industry or of the differentindustry may form into an associationin order to improve Trade Union Unity.Such Unions of Unions are calledfederations. During critical situations
the unions in different industries mayresort to concerted action withoutlosing their individuality. In suchsituation the federations form into anAssociation and such and association
is called Confederation.Eg; Federation of Indian Railways
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