Abstract
‘Collective labour law 1: trade unions’ describes the introduction of collective labour laws which recognised that trade unions were of major consequence for employment law in general terms. The principal responsibility of a trade union is to safeguard the interests of its members. One way to do so is by bargaining collectively with an employer; this is referred to as its ‘worker representation’ function. It is generally agreed that collective bargaining has an appreciable impact on the wage levels of employees through the ‘trade union wage premium’. However, trade unions have many other functions and objectives. Criticisms have been made against trade unions, and the question now is, are trade unions still relevant today?
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