The Importance Of Collective Bargaining

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Introduction
Over the past thirty years or so, we have seen a great transformation in the world of work all over the world. Manufacturing as well as nationalization of industries and private sectors have largely expanded and employment has become more and more diverse. Memberships of trade unions has collapsed, for much of the private sector, collective bargaining has disappeared, as well as strikes. With these changes came a high rise in new human resource management and new employment practices too. The law that was once absent and in the background has now become increasingly dominant and influential. And the experience in the work place has now become even more pressured.
1. Labour organizations and Collective Bargaining
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when employees/workers want an increase in their salaries). Human recourse management also plays a role in collective bargaining; their role is to serve as the middleman between the management (employer) and the unions. Human recourse also oversee that decisions between the two parties are mutual and they make sure that the decision made are in accordance with labour laws as well as their regulations. According to Derick (1998), collective bargaining extends to all negotiations which take place between employer, a group of employers, or one or more employer organizations on one hand and more workers on the other hand

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