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A trade union is defined as an association consisting of members (a membership-based association), and its membership must be composed mostly of workers in order for the union to be effective. It is one of the primary goals of a trade union to defend and promote the interests of members in their pla...

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Industrial Relations Trade Unions: Types and Functions

A trade union is defined as an association consisting of members (a membership-based association), and its membership must be composed mostly of workers in order for the union to be effective. It is one of the primary goals of a trade union to defend and promote the interests of members in their place of employment. The majority of labour unions are not affiliated with any one firm. Trade unions, on the other hand, make an effort to establish close working connections with businesses. Occasionally, this takes the form of a partnership contract between the company and the trade union, which specifies their mutually beneficial purposes and aims.

Types of Trade Unions: Trade unions may be classified into the following categories:

1.

The

(sometimes

Reformist known

Union as

the

Reformist Party):

The goal of a reformist union is the

preservation

of

the

capitalist economy as well as the

preservation

of

a

competitive production-based

1

Industrial Relations industrial relationship. This is

improve

divided into two groups once

intellectual, and social well-

more: business union friendly

being of their membership.

and

These

uplifting

union,

the

labour

primarily

respectively.

moral,

unions

concerned

are with

education, health, insurance, and benefits. These unions are

2. Business Union: Employee-employer are

the

not concerned with the craft, relations

foundation

of

a

but rather with the interests of the employees. They support

business union, which is why

cooperative

they

business

profit sharing, despite the fact

unions. Employees' interests

that these unions place a

are

strong

are

called

protected

in

the

first

business

focus

instance by business unions

bargaining

via participation in collective

insurance.

and

on

collective

and

mutual

bargaining with the company. These unions were often more concerned with their trade than with their membership. These labour unions want to

4. Revolutionary Union (also

resolve disputes via voluntary

known as the Revolutionary

arbitration and conciliation.

Workers' Party): These unions seek to

3. Union that is friendly to one

replace the current system

another:

with

new

and

different

uplifting

institutions that are founded

unions - These unions strive to

on ideas that are deemed

Friendly

or

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Industrial Relations acceptable by the majority of

Militant

or

fighting

the population. These unions

functions

are

the

violent action in the form of a

destruction of the capitalistic

go-slow, a strike, a boycott, a

system, the abolition of private

gherao, and other forms of

poverty,

protest in order to gain enough

dedicated

to

and

the

include

improved

taking

establishment of socialism or

salaries,

working

communist institutions. There

and job conditions, and better

are two sorts of unions in this

treatment from employers.

category: Political Anarchist is a

person

who

believes

in

anarchy.

(2) Fraternal Functions:

In whatever form (welfare measures, publishing,

Functions

of

Trade

legal

support to its members), the

Unions:

functions

The following are the functions

actions undertaken by trade

of labour unions:

unions are intended to assist

or

collection

of

their members in times of need while also enhancing their Trade unions serve two sorts

overall

of

workplace.

functions

from

the

efficiency

perspective of the working class:

(1) Militant Functions:

(3) Political functions:

in

the

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Industrial Relations They include affiliating the union with a political party, assisting the political party in registering members, collecting

money,

and

soliciting the assistance of political parties during times of strikes and lockouts, among other responsibilities.

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