Trade union

09.05.2010
 
The trade unions were established to protect and improve workers' rights during the period of capitalism. They arose from the need of association for workers and their common interests in dealing with employers and their capitalist tendencies.

Unions mean better pay, benefits, and working conditions for their members and across most of the European countries the rights that unions gain apply for all working people in the country, still. Apart for that they contribute to better worker-friendly legislation they also force employers to treat employees with dignity and respect; and at their best, they provide a way for workers to make society both more democratic and egalitarian.
 
Trade unions are the sole protection for workers. In most of the times they are the only thing standing between companies/management and the worker. It is extremely important to be aware that with more workers united, unions can assert our rights more easily and efficiently.

The importance of joining trade unions


The trade union is not an organization of TU officers. The trade union is defined by workers united in a union organization
The existence of an organization representing employees
The power of the union derives from a strong base of union members
The union base is built at the level of enterprises and individuals
Only through unification and association into unions the working class gained it’s rights
United in unions the working class defends the acquired rights and will be defending them in the future