radmass mazodze
04 Nov 2017, 04:25 PM

Trade union density

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The union density or union membership rate is the ratio of the number of employees who are members of trade unions to all the employees in a country or population. This is lower than the collective agreement coverage rate, which refers to all people in work places where terms are collectively agreed. Trade unions collectively bargain with employers for improved pay, conditions, and voice at work by means of the increased bargaining power that employees have together compared to what they would have as individuals. The number of people who are covered by collective agreements is higher than the number of union members, and in many cases substantially higher, because when trade unions make collective agreements they aim to cover everyone at work, even those who have not joined a union.

Collective bargaining is a process of negotiation between employers and a group of employees aimed at agreements to regulate working salaries, working conditions, benefits, and other aspects of workers' compensation and rights. The interests of the employees are commonly presented by representatives of a trade union to which the employees belong. The collective agreements reached by these negotiations usually set out wage scales, working hours, training, health and safety, overtime, grievance mechanisms, and rights to participate in workplace or company affairs

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Rajeswari Raman
over 6 years ago

I agreed and it should be the way. But in most of developing countries the collective agreement coverage stil low and the union density is less the 5%. If its should the high level of coverage then mostly as been said it cover mostly the public sector workers with a general term and condition. Here in my country they even dont have the right to collective agreement and not able to get into free negotiation.

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