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Objectives:
Introduction to Union Movement;
Explaining the legal definition of trade union;
Find out why do workers join trade union?
Realizing the Trade Union objectives;
Illustrating the right to form and join a trade union;
Explaining the registration process of a trade union;
Tutorial Questions:
1. In your own words, explain why Unions usually file the most grievance?
2. How are local and national unions effected by International Competition?
3. When an employee has a Complaint about a Management action in a unionized
operation,
how does he or she go about resolving us?
4. What factors have led to the formation of employer associations?
Self Assessment Questions
1. Why do workers join trade unions?
2. What are the main implications, which can be deduced from the legal definition of
a trade union?
3. What actions can employers take to discourage their employees from joining a
trade union?
4. Who can join a union? Who cannot join a union?
5. Comment on the strength of the trade union movement today?
6. Why do employers join unions?
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Objectives:
Identifying the Workers Unions;
- Number of Unions;
- Size of Union;
- Types of Unions: In-house Union, National Union and Public union;
Explaining the Employers Associations;
Describing the MTUC, its functions and objectives;
Explaining other trade union;
- Malaysian Employers Federation functions and objectives;
- Malaysia Labor Organization
Tutorial Questions
1. What factors unite and divide the employer associations?
2. Has there been any trend towards wider union involvement in social and political
issues?
3. Has the government any real business in interfering with the internal decision
making
process of trade union?
4. To what extent can government regulations be successful in guaranteeing
democracy within
unions?
Self Assessment Questions
1. What is an in-house Union?
2. Outline the difference between National and Public Union.
3. What are the functions of the Malaysian Trade Union Congress?
4. Outline the Malaysian Employers Federation objectives.
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Tutorial Questions
1. Since labormanagement cooperation is important to the economic success of
the business and eventually to the union ability to negotiate wage gains and other
benefits for members, what are some of the ways you could recommend improving
labor management co- operations?
2. Describe the major incidences of strike?
3. Assume your company has properly conducted compensation program. If several
employees ask you why they receive different hourly pay rates even though they
perform the same job, how will you respond?
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Objective :
Understanding the trade disputes;
Find out the different between Picketing , strike;
Describing the industrial action could be taken by the employer;
Explaining the settlement of trade disputes:
- Direct negotiations;
- Conciliation;
- Arbitration.
Tutorial Questions
1. Should all workers have the right to strike? (Consider special groups such as
doctors, post office staff and banking employees)
2. The Union of Transport Employees (UTE) had for the last six months been
negotiating with XYZ Bus Company on proposals for their third collective
agreement. However, after five meetings the company refused to continue
negotiations. Advise the union representatives what actions they might take to
solve this problem. Make sure you inform them of the possible consequence of
their actions.
3. What are the economic consequences of strike action?
4. In case of impending strike action by employees what preparations might an
employer make?
Self Assessment Questions
1) What is a trade dispute and what causes such disputes?
2) List the types of industrial action that may be taken by workers
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Understanding the structure and proceedings of the Court, Awards of the Court;
Find out what is unfair dismissal claims;
Explaining the code of conduct for Industrial Harmony
Describing the cognizance of Collective Agreements
Tutorial Questions
1. For a trade dispute that will be settled by Industrial Court to exist, the employer
or employee concerned must be represented by the union. However, there are two
exceptions to this rule. What are those exceptions?
2. Why has there been a recent trend towards co-operation between
Union/Management?
3. Outline the Industrial actions that can be taken by Employers.
Self Assessment Questions
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Tutorial Questions
1. How do preventive and corrective disciplines differ?
2. Outline the steps involved in informal disciplinary Procedures for an organization
with unionized employee and show how the procedure would operate in a case of:
a) Persistent absenteeism
b) Theft of envelope from the organizations offices
3. The extreme hostility of American business to trade Unionism was responsible
for the
states abandonment of its traditional laissez-faire policy in industrial relation.
Comment
on the accuracy of this statement.
4. Because of inadequate resources, Australian Trade Unions have been severely
handicapped in their ability to provide adequate services for their members.
Discuss.
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