Labour union; a keyword in the relationship between an employer and employee

If an employee wants to achieve something, he would better not stand alone. People already realized this in the 18th century. When the industial revolution forced women, children, rural workers and immigrants to work in groups in terrible circumstances, the need for a labour union association grew.

At first, this was prohibited by the law because the employer, who wanted to exploit their workers to maximize their benefit, feared insurrection and rise in costs. However, the chance to get punished (in some counties, there even was a risk to be executed) did not stop the attempt to assemble.

In these days it was a bar struggle to improve the working conditions, economic status an political power of these employees. Today the employees stands strong, they take it for granted that they can demand higher wages, more flexible working hours etc.The employee in not afraid anymore of the employer but it is the other way around. I think that nowadays the need to stike it to big.

Ann-sophie Buyse

http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-union-la.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_union
http://ezinearticles.com/?The-History-of-Labor-Unions&id=1119684