Trade Unions a Trade or Labor Union

Trade Unions

A trade or labor union is a small committee or organization that consists of workers or laborers within a corporation, which works for the betterment of the organization in terms of securing its employees. Such unions try to achieve pre-set goals such as extended employee hiring when needed, increasing pays and incomes of the workers, providing other fringe benefits to the employees housing, medical, compensations, other allowances and leaves to the workers, proving fair and unbiased working environment in which no one is favored. Such organizations assure workers rights and legislations, bonus and promotion laws, pre-notices before firing and any other such benefits to safeguard the rights of employees as a beneficial part of the organization. Trade union exists in every part of the world and there are specific rules and regulations with respect to the working environment of a country.

For a trade union to be strong and effective, it is important that it attains certain modes of equality, ecological sustainability, and democracy. Equality guarantees sustainability; which is regarded as access to all fair shares of resources which provide a healthy quality of life. There are several such organizations in the world that are aimed for the equality and to uproot the discrimination upon the basis of gender, race, skin, blood, nation etc. Many trade organizations all over the world have agreed upon a set of rules called LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Trans) equality rules, which is there to safeguard the rights of such workers and the trade unions follow its policies in their own mission statements and working environment. It is a natural fact that people who are different from nature are not accepted widely; hence even if they have strong abilities and skills, they are disregarded and are not provided as much opportunities to those as for the other ones (ILGA 2012).

Also, there is quite a big and prolonged issue of gender discrimination, which has become a universal fact which is more severe in third world and under-developed countries. Hence the trade unions are also obliged to safeguard the rights of female workers, as they have always been less paid with fewer fringe benefits too as compared to their male colleagues. Their employment is usually substantial, unregulated, without a proper contract and terms and conditions, and last but not the least, lesser pay for equal amount of work. The trade unions focus in this area and implement such policies which oblige men and authorities not to discriminate on the basis of gender and emphasize upon the needs of change in attitudes. From the perspectives of economic growth and ecologic sustainability, equality laws are must incorporated within the organizations and to ensure such policies, the trade or labor unions are the most authentic authorities. There is no doubt in saying that the engines for economic growth are the industry workers and laborers and thus it is important to provide them a healthy work environment, without discrimination upon any basis. The income levels and pay scales should be same for all with respect to the corresponding expertise and qualification (LERA 2012).

Democracy is also an important constituent of a proper trade union. Usually, it is assumed that democracy within a trade union is necessary as elective leaders for the laborers convey right messages to the employer in terms of any demands and suggestion. The perception is somehow correct; as democracy is an essential part of every larger and smaller organization. But the main impression is that the trade unions are actually the agents and products of democracy and these can promote democracy within the society. These are helpful particularly when there are dictator governments and rigid tyrannies who do not bother about the rights of civilians. In such circumstances, the trade unions are there to earn economic advantages by suggesting certain policies to the government which can guarantee a better and prosperous economy. Hence on the whole, equality in trade unions implies sustainability to the organization as well as to the economy of the state. Also, the trade unions play a meaningful part in creating and establishing a democratic environment all over the country. On the other hand, the same tactics can be used in order to over throw an unwanted government by focusing on upsurges and uprisings by the population (Harcourt & Wood 2004).