Problems faced by trade unions

  

Date Posted: 5/7/2012 9:35:07 AM

Posted By: rodriguez mwalenga  Membership Level: Silver  Total Points: 110

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* Coercion of employees
Employers may interfere with employees when they organize themselves to form or join a labour organisation.

* Domination of labour organisations by employees
Some employees tend to interfere with the administrative running of labour organisations. This they do through bribing union officials and by victimizing employees. This tends to weaken the bargaining power of trade unions.

*Inefficient officials of the union
Trade union officials are sometimes inefficient due to lack of adequate training exposure in the trade union movement. They may also not liaise sincerely with relevant authorities or members.

* Apathy of union members
This arises where members are content that their membership provides absolute protection. Such members do not participate in the activities of the union except in a crisis.

* Weakness due to lack size of membership
Some unions are too weak to manage their own affairs because of their small size. This makes it difficult for them to make any impact due, for instance, to insufficient funds to sponsor a strike, etc.

* Corruption among union leaders
There are incidents of bribery of union leaders and government representatives by wealthy employers. This compounds the unions problems because members interests cannot be effectively represented.

* Government bureaucracy
Trade unions sometimes feel that the government takes too long in carrying out negotiations on disputes presented by the members. This arises due to bureaucracy in the hierarchy of the government's negotiation machinery.

* Government intervention
Sometimes the government may interfere with the freedom of trade unions by making certain union actions, e. g. strikes.

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