trade unions

Trade unions

Factory fought for :• a greater voice • influence over governments affairs.

Before trade unions businesses complied with Basic: • labour laws • safety regulations

LABOUR CONDITIONS• Employees worked many hours and were paid very little.• Wages depended on the amount of hours they worked

1750-1900Workers wanted to make lives betterThey needed to join together to fight for their rights

In need for better woking

conditions

• Better wages• Better working conditions• No child labour

Workers demanded

•1800s voices were raised on behalf of the rights of workers.

• These groups of workers gathered but the meetings were illegal at first

• When trade unions became legal people obtained• Less hours• Better wages• Not child labour

NowadaysTrade union takes care of benefits : worker gets what they deserves public holidays annual leave maternity leave, etc

Act also as a labour recruitment organization

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiPwCMlghhQ

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