A trade union (British English), labour union (Canadian English) or labor union (American English) is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as higher pay, increasing the number employees an employer hires, and better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members (rank and file members) and negotiates labour contracts (collective bargai...
More
Read article at Wikipedia
Organizations in this sector:
- Industrial Workers of the World ,
- Trades Union Congress ,
- World Federation of Trade Unions ,
- International Trade Union Confederation ,
- AFL-CIO ,
- Associated Actors and Artistes of America ,
- Hebrew Actors' Union
Quotations About This Subject:
- Men don't and can't live by exchanging articles, but by producing them. They don't live by trade, but by work. Give up that foolish and vain title of Trades Unions; and take that of laborers Unions. ,
- With all their faults, trade unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. They have done more for decency, for honesty, for education, for the betterment of the race, for the developing of character in man, than any other association of men. ,
- It is essential that there should be organization of labor. This is an era of organization. Capital organizes and therefore labor must organize. ,
- People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices. ,
- No king on earth is as safe in his job as a Trade Union official. There is only one thing that can get him sacked; and that is drink. Not even that, as long as he doesn't actually fall down.
- Scroll to:
- Organization
- Literature Subject
- Film subject
- More...
