Trade union

Organisation of workers with common goals

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A trade union or labor union, often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages and benefits, improving working conditions, improving safety standards, establishing complaint procedures, developing rules governing status of employees and protecting and increasing the bargaining power of workers.

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Union stages surprise strike at Germany's Hamburg airport, a day earlier than scheduled Union stages surprise strike at Germany's Hamburg airport, a day earlier than scheduled A German trade union had called for strikes at 13 major German airports to take place on Monday - but then.. Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 01:00Published on March 9, 2025

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