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9609 · 2.1.7

Management and workforce relations

9609 AS — trade unions, collective bargaining, industrial action, and partnership approaches.

Need to know

What you need to know

  • Primary objectives: Improve pay, working conditions, and job security.
  • Main function: To represent employees in collective bargaining with management.
  • Power is derived from the solidarity and collective voice of its members.
  • Decline in membership in some countries is linked to economic and legal changes.

Explanation

Management and workforce relations

  1. Primary objectives: Improve pay, working conditions, and job security.
  2. Main function: To represent employees in collective bargaining with management.
  3. Power is derived from the solidarity and collective voice of its members.
  4. Decline in membership in some countries is linked to economic and legal changes.