TRADE UNION RECOGNITION

1.0 Introduction
This report addresses the introduction of trade union recognition agreements and its role in the 21st century workplace. The report commences with the definition of trade unions and what the aims, objectives and prime functions are. We then go on to look at the structure and trade unions and identify who is involved within this organisation. Once we have distinguished trade unions, we proceed further and take a look at the role of the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC), (the organisation responsible for dealing with certain aspects as the trade union recognition agreement), lightly touching on how the policies and procedures are formulated, and again, who is involved in the process. Here we look at the core aims/objectives and primary functions of the CAC, before moving on to the growth and decline of trade unions – identifying why it was necessary to have a recognition agreement introduced. We then go on to analyse how organisations survive with trade unions ...