MGM102H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Trade Union, Industrial Unionism, United Steelworkers
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An employee organization whose main goal is representing its members in employee- management negotiation of job-related issues. not always smooth. Today"s unions are an outgrowth of the economic transition caused by the )ndustrial. Labour unions yesterday and today: making the transition from an agricultural economy to an industrial economy. Revolution of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries championed become law was difficult: over time, workers learned that strength through unity (unions) could lead to improved job conditions, better wages, and job security. Today"s critics of organized labour maintain that few of the inhumane conditions exist in modern workplace. 1830s, were craft unions, organizations of skilled specialists in a particular craft or trade, typically local or regional these unions were formed to address fundamental work issues of pay, hours, conditions, and job security. An organization of skilled specialists in a particular craft or trade; typically local or regional.
