The Guardian
| Apr 25, 2013
A mob of enraged teachers went on the rampage in Guerrero, southern Mexico, attacking and trashing political party offices. The teachers were protesting education reforms that unions fear could lead to mass layoffs.
Euronews
| Feb 27, 2013
The powerful and often hated head of Mexico's teachers' union, Esther Elba Gordilla, has been arrested on charges of stealing $200 million dollars from union funds. Some of the money was diverted to Swiss bank accounts and some was spent on plasti...
Associated Press
| Dec 11, 2012
Demonstrators mobbed the state capitol as the GOP-dominated Michigan legislature passed a bitterly contested "right-to-work" law limiting the power of unions in the very cradle of the labor movement.
Newsy
| Dec 10, 2012
President Obama is speaking up for unions as the Michigan state legislature prepares for a historic vote today on laws that would bar workplace rules that make union membership a condition of employment. Obama, visiting a Detroit auto plant, said ...
Al Jazeera English
| Nov 24, 2012
As the largest shopping season of the year kicks off across the United States, Walmart employees walked off the job in protest against poor working conditions. Will the retail giant's low prices cause consumers to act blind to workers' demands for...
Associated Press
| Nov 19, 2012
At a bankruptcy judge's urging, Hostess Brands and a key union have agreed to enter into mediation in a bid to settle their pay battle. That means Twinkies just might live another day to fatten up nostalgic American fans.
Al Jazeera English
| Oct 27, 2012
Violence has broken out in South Africa after rival unions fought at a workers rally. The South African Congress of Trade Unions organized the rally to try and get mine bosses to reinstate fired workers and address issues of poverty. Al Jazeera'...
Al Jazeera English
| Sep 22, 2012
A US-based monitoring group okayed conditions at a Pakistan factory just weeks before hundreds of workers died in a fire, highlighting serious concerns about the system between factories and suppliers. Guests John Kline, Kalpona Akter and Theresa ...
Al Jazeera English
| Sep 21, 2012
A funeral has been held for a Bolivian miner killed during protests in La Paz, as his family and friends are calling for revenge. Rival miners have taken their battle over who should run the mine onto the streets, and there appears to be...
Al Jazeera English
| Sep 11, 2012
Thousands of teachers have gone on strike in Chicago in a dispute over long-standing issues, including the privatization of public schools across the US. They say they are being attacked by the policies of both the Democrats and the Republicans. S...
— Feb 28, 2012 at 06:49 pm
...It was the biggest demonstration in Tunisia since the downfall of the countrys former dictator Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. The demonstration began ...
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— Oct 24, 2012 at 10:06 am
...how to engage with workers. He will tell a conference that changes were needed to "modernise and democratise" trade union law, including having ...
— Feb 20 at 02:44 am
...Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) secretary general Baijnath Rai told IANS. The strike has been called jointly by the BMS, Indian Trade Union Congre...
A trade union, labour union or labor union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals such as protecting the integrity of its trade, achieving higher pay, increasing the number of employees an employer hires, and better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts 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. 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.
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