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
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