MGF2341 Lecture 9: W9
7 Nov 2018
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Collective democratic organisations that exist to represent and protect their members" interests at the workplace and beyond. Their central purpose is to permit workers to exert control over their conditions of employment which they cannot hope to possess as individuals. Unionised workplaces provide safer working conditions, less absenteeism and turnover, and can promote innovation and teamwork at the workplace through different voice mechanisms. Components of an effective trade union: union members, managers & shareholders, union executives, the government, the media. Normative - peer pressure/culture of workplace believe they can negotiate for themselves. Continuance of the minimum wage and award wages. Stopped uranium mining in kakadu national park, northern territory. Relies on employers for lists of names of. Workers provide info to unions workers issues to be solved. Members and unions have their own agenda, members resent paying union fees seperate from management. An active trade union at the workplace tends to ensure that hr managers do their job properly.
