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Recognition, When employer ‘recognise’ a trade union, it means that the…
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- When employer ‘recognise’ a trade union, it means that the employer concedes that the union is a legitimate representative of the workers and has the right to speak on their behalf
- White-collar employees’ union
- Only white-collar unions can represents white-collar workers
2 .Blue-collar employees’ union
- Only blue-collar unions can represents blue-collar workers
- General recognition – more than 50.1% workers join the union, collective bargaining, members and non-members.
- Limited recognition – less than 50% (only members, grievance procedure).
- Relationship between union and employer become strained .
- Employer could not de-recognition a union when the union has less support from workers after recognition.
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- Union sometimes impatient with the time taken for membership check.
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- Union can represent individual members who have grievances and complaints
- Union can negotiate for better terms and conditions on behalf of all workers in the workplace who are eligible to be member of union, whether or not they are members of union- Need to start COLLECTIVE BARGAINING process
1.Enable a union to represent workers who have grievances or dissatisfaction toward their employers.
- Enable collective bargaining to be carried out to resolve a claim
- Enable negotiation to resolve disputes.
- Can strengthen “esprit de corp” among workers
- Enable workers to bargain for better working conditions at a workplace.
- Can prevent employers from committing any arbitrary action towards their employees