Answer:
- Get employment
- Fall in line with others.
- Participate in union activities
- Exercise leadership
- Oppose management
OR
Objective of Trade Union :
(1) To protect the jobs of labour against retrenchment and layoff etc.
(2) To improve the economic lot of workers by securing they better wages.
(3) To ensure that workers get as per rules provident fund, pension and
other benefits.
(4) To secure bonus for the workers from the profits of the
enterprise/organization.
(5) To ensure stable employment for workers and resist the schemes of
management which reduce employment opportunities.
(6) To secure for workers better working conditions.
(7) To provide legal assistance to workers in connection with disputes
regarding work and payment of wages.
(8) To secure for the workers better safety and health welfare schemes.
(9) To ensure opportunities for promotion and training.
(10) To inculcate discipline, self-respect and dignity among workers.
(11) To secure workers participation in management.
(12) To secure organizational efficiency and high productivity.
(13) To generate a committed industrial work force for improving
productivity of the system.
Importance of Trade Unions:
To Employees:
(01).Members of the union tend to have higher wages than non-unionized
workers.
(02) Trade unions also sometimes act as representatives of workers in case of
legal matters.
(03) The rights of the employees are better protected. For example, they
cannot be unjustly removed from work.
To Employers:
Since the individual rights of workers are better protected and well
represented, they tend to be motivated. This results in higher levels of
efficiency and improved productivity.