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1. Advantages and
Disadvantages of Labor Unions

2. Introduction
Labor unions officially obtained the right to represent employees under the labour
laws in India when the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) was passed in 1935.
The labour laws act in India deals mainly with the regulation of the contract of
employment under which the servant, or the employee, undertakes to work for his
master, or the employer, for hire or reward. Under the law, which, under British rule,
were imported into India from the mutual law of England, this relationship was treated
mainly as a contractual relationship.

3. Advantages of Labor Unions
Labor unions promote higher wages.
In a majority of US jobs and careers, union representation helps workers bring in
meaningfully higher pays. From data delivered by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics
in 2010, unionized workers brought in an extra $800 per month over non-unionized
workers.
Labor unions help workers get better benefits.
When workers are engaged and unionized, they have a much better chance to
receive essential benefits from their employer.

4. Labor unions help families receive better benefits.
Domestic partnerships are on the rise in the United States, frequently with children,
but non-union labours can struggle to have this family structure protected with
welfares like medical care.
Provide better access to a funded retirement.
Over 90% of unionized labours have access to a retirement benefit that is provided
an employer. This may include access to a 401k or IRA contribution plan, a pension
plan, or a combination of both. Their non-union matching part have access to
retirement welfares through an employer just 64% of the time.

5. Disadvantages of Labor Unions
Unions can discount worker education and experience.
Many jobs that are offered in a unionized atmosphere derive through seniority
instead of education and experience. This also works in reverse. If there are layoffs
that have been settled upon, the least senior person is the first one to go, even if
they are the most qualified.
Ongoing dues and may require initiation fees.
Union dues are often subtracted from a worker’s salary habitually and is a
percentage of that worker’s salary. There may also be initiation fees which must be
paid to join the union in the first place.

6. Participate in activities that workers disagree upon.
Not every worker may settle with the applicants that a union may endorse or a cause
that the union may lobby for, but their dues are still being spent on those causes
Labor unions discourage individuality.
There is strength in numbers, which is a great benefit for worker safety and security.
Working in groups also inclines to produce “group think,” which limits individual
creativity. Labours are often bound by the choices a union will make, even though they
disagree with them.

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