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  2. Trade union - Wikipedia

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    A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, [1] such as attaining better wages and benefits, improving working conditions, improving safety standards, establishing complaint procedures, developing rules governing status of ...

  3. Unionization - Wikipedia

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    Unionization is the creation and growth of modern trade unions. Trade unions were often seen as a left-wing, socialist concept, [1] whose popularity has increased during the 19th century when a rise in industrial capitalism saw a decrease in motives for up-keeping workers' rights. [2] Workers usually create unions when they face a certain ...

  4. Economic union - Wikipedia

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    An economic union is a type of trade bloc which is composed of a common market with a customs union. [1] The participant countries have both common policies on product regulation, freedom of movement of goods , services and the factors of production ( capital and labour ) as well as a common external trade policy.

  5. Organizing model - Wikipedia

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    The organizing model, as the term refers to trade unions (and sometimes other social-movement organizations), is a broad conception of how those organizations should recruit, operate, and advance the interests of their members, though the specific functions of the model are more detailed and are discussed at length below.

  6. Harris, Yellen tout unions' economic benefits with new ... - AOL

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    THE TAKE: The White House has been pushing to support unions and expanded union membership as part of U.S. President Joe Biden's plan to overhaul the U.S. economy, fight inequality and reallocate ...

  7. Union wage premium - Wikipedia

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    Although wages for workers in trade unions are higher than non-union workers, the gap decreased in the late 20th and early 21st Century. [6] This gap decrease could be due to the diminishing ability for unions to get monopoly rents, hence the rents affected by technology, competition from overseas, and deregulation of different firms/workplaces.

  8. Business unionism - Wikipedia

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    A business union is a type of trade union that is opposed to class or revolutionary unionism and has the principle that unions should be run like businesses. Business unions are believed to be of American origin, and the term has been applied in particular to phenomena characteristic of American unions. [ 1 ]

  9. Labour movement - Wikipedia

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    It consists of the trade union or labour union movement, as well as political parties of labour. It can be considered an instance of class conflict . In trade unions , workers campaign for higher wages, better working conditions and fair treatment from their employers, and through the implementation of labour laws , from their governments.