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Trade unions exist to maintain or improve employment conditions, including pay, benefits, safety, and job protections.
A trade union (labor union) is an organization of workers formed to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment. Its purpose includes securing better wages and benefits, improving working conditions and safety standards, setting up complaint procedures, and developing rules that govern employees’ status—such as promotions and protections around termination. Unions also aim to protect and increase workers’ bargaining power through collective bargaining with employers. Trade unions typically operate through elected leadership and bargaining committees that negotiate labor contracts (collective bargaining agreements) on behalf of members (“rank and file”). They are commonly funded by union dues, and workplace representatives are often volunteers chosen through internal democratic elections. Unions may organize specific groups of workers (e.g., craft unions), workers across trades (general unions), or all workers within an industry (industrial unions).
Trade unions exist to maintain or improve employment conditions, including pay, benefits, safety, and job protections.
Unions increase workers’ bargaining power by negotiating collective bargaining agreements with employers on behalf of members.
Union governance is usually based on elected leadership and workplace representation, with funding through regular union dues.
An organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment through collective action and bargaining.
A labor contract negotiated between a trade union and an employer that sets terms and conditions of employment for members.
Regular fees paid by union members that help fund union operations, including administrative and legal functions.
The union’s member base represented in negotiations by elected leadership and bargaining committees.
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