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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

Employer Benefits

Employee Benefits

  • 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

Other Benefits

  • 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
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