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00:01:50 1 Definition
00:05:10 2 History
00:07:14 2.1 National general unions
00:09:43 2.2 Legalization and expansion
00:11:12 3 Trade Union Prevalence Worldwide
00:11:40 4 Trade unions by country
00:11:50 4.1 Australia
00:14:41 4.2 Baltic states
00:15:44 4.3 Belgium
00:17:59 4.4 Canada
00:20:45 4.5 Colombia
00:21:44 4.6 Costa Rica
00:22:33 4.7 Germany
00:23:34 4.8 India
00:24:45 4.9 Japan
00:25:58 4.10 Mexico
00:28:16 4.11 Scandinavia
00:28:52 4.12 United Kingdom
00:30:12 4.13 United States
00:31:53 4.14 Vatican (Holy See)
00:34:38 5 Structure and politics
00:34:54 6 Shop types
00:39:43 7 Diversity of international unions
00:42:22 8 International unionization
00:48:00 9 Criticisms
00:49:04 10 Union publications
00:50:08 11 Film
00:51:01 12 See also
00:53:53 13 Notes and references
00:54:21 14 Further reading
00:54:30 14.1 Britain
00:54:40 14.2 United States
00:56:38 14.3 Other
00:58:02 15 External links
01:01:34 External links
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SUMMARY
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A trade union, also called a labour union or labor union (US), 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. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members (rank and file members) and negotiates labour contracts (collective bargaining) with employers. The most common purpose of these associations or unions is "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment". This may include the negotiation of wages, work rules, complaint procedures, rules governing hiring, firing and promotion of workers, benefits, workplace safety and policies.
Unions may organize a particular section of skilled workers (craft unionism), a cross-section of workers from various trades (general unionism), or attempt to organize all workers within a particular industry (industrial unionism). The agreements negotiated by a union are binding on the rank and file members and the employer and in some cases on other non-member workers. Trade unions traditionally have a constitution which details the governance of their bargaining unit and also have governance at various levels of government depending on the industry that binds them legally to their negotiations and functioning.
Originating in Great Britain, trade unions became popular in many countries during the Industrial Revolution. Trade unions may be composed of individual workers, professionals, past workers, students, apprentices or the unemployed. Trade union density, or the percentage of workers belonging to a trade union, is highest in the Nordic countries.
