The Effect of Trade Unions
What are Trade Unions?
Definition
- Formed by laborers
- Collective actions
- Representing common rights
Common Objectives
- Negotiation of wages and benefits
- Demand on working conditions
- regulate relations between employee's and employer
History of Trade Unions
Trade Unions in Britain
- Characterized within one national centre
- Trade Union Congress (TUC)
History of Trade Unions Contd.
- Introduction
- Video
- What are Trade Unions? - Anna
- History of Trade Unions - Winky
- Positive Effect of Trade Unions- Stephanie & Isabelle
- Negative Affect of Trade Unions - Daniel
- Conclusion - Tarun
History of the Movement
- First ever congress was held in 1868
- After WW1 TUC was firmly part of the national scene
- 1920's & 30's TUC proposed measures of public control & acceptance of Keynisan
- TUC played a pivotal role in the 50's in the promotion of increased industrial productivity
Positive Effect of Trade Unions
- Higher employee satisfaction
- Channel of communication
- Lower turnover ratio
- Fixed costs
- Collective Bargaining
- Control over work relations
- The Voice Effect
- Economic reasons
- Independence from employer
- Macroeconomics effects
- Importance of unions in other countries
References
Summarised effect of Labour Unions on Organisations
Negative Affect of Trade Unions
- http://www.tuc.org.uk/
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12882499
- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-62424/M-S-French-closures-hold.html
- https://www.gov.uk/join-trade-union
- https://www.gov.uk/rights-of-trade-union-reps
- Bratton & Gold, Human Resource Management - Theory & Practice, Palgrave Macmillian, 2012
Recommendations
Company Problems
- Importance of labour as a factor of production
- On the basis of measured performance:
- Satisfy
- Keep informed
- Ignore
Employee Problems
- Work place closures (M&S France)
- Economy effected
- Effect company profits (BA 2011)
- Pay levels increasing
- Customer dissatisfied (BA 2011)
- Collective Bargaining
- Reduction in labourers
- Disruption in work process
- Fall in productivity
- Damage in revenue
- Damage to company image
- Fall in GDP
- Economic Development
- Eligible or not?
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