Trade Unions and Employer Groups Flashcards

Flashcards about Trade Unions and Employer Groups

Australian Trade Unions

Organizations of workers who actively seek better pay, safer working conditions, and increased job security.

Industrial Action

Action taken by workers, such as strikes and work bans, to put pressure on employers and governments.

Trade Unions (Unions)

Organizations formed to protect and represent the rights of employees in a particular industry and advocate for workers’ rights.

Key roles of a trade union

Negotiating and bargaining for better pay and working conditions for workers, arguing the employees’ case during worker disputes, providing help and support to individual workers, offering services and facilities to members, and acting as official spokesperson to the media on behalf of the union members.

National Employment Standards (NES)

A set of minimum working conditions which must be provided to all national workplace system employees in Australia.

Employer Groups

An organization of employers who unite to promote their common interests as well as to share, advice information and support for each other

Employer Groups services

Represent employers in dispute cases and during bargaining negotiating over wages and workers’ conditions, advise employers of rights and obligations, and act as a spokesperson for employers.

Fair Work Commission (FWC)

Ensures that employees’ rights are protected and that employers comply with Australian employment law; acts as a tribunal for employees who feel their employers have failed in the discharge of their responsibilities.