Employee associations are popularly known as unions. However these unions are not confined to only strikes and negotiations. Their role is much wider than this. Unions make their presence felt in recruitment and selection, promotions, training, termination or lay off. Many programs, which contribute to the Quality of Work Life (QWL) and productivity, are undertaken by management in consultation with and with the cooperation of the unions. Unions also participate in deciding wage and salary structure and negotiate revisions once in 3 or 5 years.
Trade unions are voluntary organizations of workers or employers formed to promote their interests through collective action. Trade unions Act 1926 defines a trade union as a combination, whether temporary or permanent formed primarily for the purpose of regulating the relation between
1) Workmen and Employers
2) Workmen and Workmen
3) Employers and Employers
For imposing restrictive conditions on the conduct of any trade or business and includes any federation of two or more trade unions
Why do employees join Trade Unions?
To protect themselves against exploitation by management
By force
Dissatisfaction
Lack of Power
Union Instrumentality
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