Acts as a communication channel between employers and employees.
Helps solve disputes through negotiation and collective bargaining.
Negotiates for higher wages and better working conditions.
Can improve productivity and workers' standards of living.
Encourages governments to introduce or increase minimum wages.
A trade union (labour union) is an organization that protects the rights and interests of workers. Workers join by paying a subscription fee (membership fee).
The fee helps cover administrative and legal costs.
Trade unions negotiate with employers for better working conditions.
Workers and employers often have different objectives.
Male Workers
More likely to work in physically demanding jobs.
Common in construction, mining, and engineering.
Usually have fewer career breaks.
Higher participation in some labour markets.
Female Workers
These workers are involved in extracting or collecting natural resources from the earth.
Examples:
Farmers
Fishermen
Miners
