35 Facts About Labour unions

Trade Labour unions traditionally have a constitution which details the governance of their bargaining unit and have governance at various levels of government depending on the industry that binds them legally to their negotiations and functioning.

Recent historical research by Bob James in Craft, Trade or Mystery puts forward the view that trade Labour unions are part of a broader movement of benefit societies, which includes medieval guilds, Freemasons, Oddfellows, friendly societies, and other fraternal organizations.

The origins of modern trade Labour unions can be traced back to 18th-century Britain, where the rapid expansion of industrial society then taking place drew masses of people, including women, children, peasants and immigrants into cities.

Trade Labour unions have sometimes been seen as successors to the guilds of medieval Europe, though the relationship between the two is disputed, as the masters of the guilds employed workers who were not allowed to organize.

The National Association for the Protection of Labour unions was established in 1830 by John Doherty, after an apparently unsuccessful attempt to create a similar national presence with the National Union of Cotton-spinners.

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The Association quickly enrolled approximately 150 Labour unions, consisting mostly of textile related Labour unions, but including mechanics, blacksmiths, and various others.

British trade Labour unions were finally legalized in 1872, after a Royal Commission on Trade Unions in 1867 agreed that the establishment of the organizations was to the advantage of both employers and employees.

Prevalence of labor Labour unions can be measured by "union density", which is expressed as a percentage of the total number of workers in a given location who are trade union members.

Shortages of labour led to high wages for a prosperous skilled working class, whose unions demanded and got an eight-hour day and other benefits unheard of in Europe.

Labour unions granted the union the compulsory check-off of union dues.

The Canadian Labour unions Congress was founded in 1956 as the national trade union center for Canada.

Private sector Labour unions faced plant closures in many manufacturing industries and demands to reduce wages and increase productivity.

Public sector Labour unions came under attack by federal and provincial governments as they attempted to reduce spending, reduce taxes and balance budgets.

In Costa Rica, trade Labour unions first appeared in the late 1800s to support workers in a variety of urban and industrial jobs, such as railroad builders and craft tradesmen.

Today, Costa Rican Labour unions are strongest in the public sector, including the fields of education and medicine, but have a strong presence in the agricultural sector.

However, according to John A Moses, the German trade unions were not directly affiliated with the Social Democratic Party.

The Labour unions led Carl Legien developed their own nonpartisan political goals.

The forming of these Labour unions was a big deal in India.

Trade Labour unions emerged in Japan in the second half of the Meiji period as the country underwent a period of rapid industrialization.

From 1940 until the 1980s, during the worldwide spread of neoliberalism through the Washington Consensus, the Mexican Labour unions did not operate independently, but instead as part of a state institutional system, largely controlled by the ruling party.

In 2022, Sindicato independiente nacional de trabajadores trabajadoras de la industria automotriz, SINTTIA, a union backed by American and Canadian Labour unions won a union representation election at a General Motors plant in the city of Silao.

Trade Labour unions have a long tradition in Scandinavian and Nordic society.

In modern Spain trade Labour unions now contribute massively towards Spanish society, being again the main catalyst for political change in Spain, with cooperatives employing large parts of the Spanish population such as the Mondragon Corporation.

Labor Labour unions are legally recognized as representatives of workers in many industries in the United States.

Larger Labour unions typically engage in lobbying activities and supporting endorsed candidates at the state and federal level.

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Typically such trade Labour unions refrain from politics or pursue a more liberal politics than their blue-collar counterparts.

In such cases, Labour unions have certain legal rights, most importantly the right to engage in collective bargaining with the employer over wages, working hours, and other terms and conditions of employment.

Many Labour unions are a blend of these two philosophies, and the definitions of the models themselves are still debated.

In Britain, the perceived left-leaning nature of trade Labour unions has resulted in the formation of a reactionary right-wing trade union called Solidarity which is supported by the far-right BNP.

In Denmark, there are some newer apolitical "discount" Labour unions who offer a very basic level of services, as opposed to the dominating Danish pattern of extensive services and organizing.

Some Christian Labour unions have had some ties to centrist or conservative political movements and some do not regard strikes as acceptable political means for achieving employees' goals.

For example, German and Dutch Labour unions have played a greater role in management decisions through participation in corporate boards and co-determination than have Labour unions in the United States.

In many countries Labour unions are tightly bonded, or even share leadership, with a political party intended to represent the interests of the working class.

Research from the Anglosphere indicates that Labour unions can provide wage premiums and reduce inequality while reducing employment growth and restricting employment flexibility.

Trade Labour unions have been accused of benefiting insider workers and those with secure jobs at the cost of outsider workers, consumers of the goods or services produced, and the shareholders of the unionized business.