Trade Unions
A trade union (or a labor union in American English), often simply called a union, is an organization of workers who have come together to achieve many common goals, such as protecting the integrity of their trade, improving safety standards, and attaining better wages, benefits (such as vacation, health care, and retirement), and working conditions through the increased bargaining power wielded by the creation of a monopoly of the workers. Trade unions typically fund the formal organization, head office, and legal team functions of the trade union through regular fees or union dues. The delegate staff of the trade union …
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Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network · 4 May 2024 English
Al Shabaka Resources
to Baghdad and beyond. Academics, students, trade unions, and many more have condemned Israel’s www.al-shabaka …
Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network · 4 May 2024 English
Al Shabaka Resources
organizations; decree no. 9 postponing the elections of trade unions, syndicates, and grassroot organizations; and …
WIEGO: Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing · 1 May 2024 English
This report draws on the experiences and efforts of organizations of waste pickers to develop and make data on them available to policymakers and others. It describes the data collection …
the recognition of waste pickers as workers. Trade unions and cooperatives of waste pickers as well as …
World Bank Group · 24 April 2024 English
registration and organization of trade unions, and the Federation of Trade Unions ▪ It states, "notwithstanding … The amended Act, to ensure the funding of trade unions, empowers employers to make deduction from the … every worker who is a member of any of the trade unions for the purpose of paying contributions to …
EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service · 24 April 2024 English
The 'revolving doors' phenomenon has frequently caught media and public attention in recent years. This publication offers an overview of how the post term activities of members of the EU …
professions or sectoral interests including trade unions, NGOs, and civil society organisations. 3 …
Amnesty International · 23 April 2024 English
I never expected the state of human rights to lead me to reference the 1980s sci-fi film Back to the Future. Yet here we are. A world spiralling through time, …
handlings of the economy in the Middle East, trade unions in Asia-Pacific were silenced and arbitrarily …
World Bank Group · 23 April 2024 English
registration, and organization of trade unions, and the Federation of Trade Unions ▪ It states, "notwithstanding … The amended Act, to ensure the funding of trade unions, empowers employers to make deductions from … every worker who is a member of any of the trade unions to pay contributions to the trade union so registered; …
Amnesty International · 23 April 2024 English
This is Amnesty International’s annual report on the state of human rights in Iran during 2023/24, subdivided by key human rights themes. It is part of Amnesty International’s annual 2023/24 …
political parties, civil society organizations and trade unions, and subjected workers and labour rights activists …
Amnesty International · 23 April 2024 English
This report documents human rights concerns during 2023 in 155 countries, connecting issues at global and regional levels and looking forward to the implications for the future. States and armed …
handlings of the economy in the Middle East, trade unions in Asia-Pacific were silenced and arbitrarily … targeted by governments and non-state actors. Trade unions campaigning to protect workers facing the effect …
World Bank Group · 22 April 2024 English
consultation workshop with the participation of trade unions, civil society organizations including competent …
