Things covered in the following slides... what's Trade Union, reasons needed, How to build one & it's activity in Bangladesh.

1. TRADE UNION
Mahbub Nabi Rasel

2. WHAT’S TRADE UNION?
• An organization of workers, have come together to achieve
common goals
• Membership consists of workers and union leaders, united to
protect and promote common interests.
• General union represents workers from several companies in the
same industry.
• Represents the people who work in a particular industry,
protects rights, and discusses pay and working conditions with
employers

3. DO EMPLOYEES REALLY NEED
IT?
• To preserve workers rights.
• Works to maintain or improve the conditions of workers
employment.
• Through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of
union members
• Negotiates wages, work rules, complaint procedures, rules
governing hiring, firing and promotion of workers, benefits,
workplace safety and policies.
• Negotiates labor contracts (collective bargaining)

4. T.U. WORK PROCESS
• Unions may organize a particular section of skilled workers
• Traditionally have a constitution
• Have govt. governance at various levels
• May acquire the status of a "juristic person" (an artificial legal
entity)
• May own property, sue and be sued - just like a corporation.
• Some cases have separate legal personality from their members
Setup System Initial Contract
Obtaining
Authorization
The Election

5. T.U. IN BANGLADESH
• The labour rights groups, international buyers and the UN
have been stressing on trade union formation in Bangladesh
since 2013
• With the support of UN labour agency, ILO, Govt. launched
online registration system for T.U. in October 2015
• Through Department of Labour’s website www.dol.gov.bd
Govt. providing online service
• The online system “should bring more transparency and
accountability in processing trade union registrations” said by
ILO.