TRADE UNION REPRESENTATION OF EMPLOYEE INTERESTS AT THE WORKPLACE LEVEL

The article discusses trade union representation of employee interests at the workplace level. The author analyzes the structure of the company trade union organization, the facilitations in its functioning and the most important rights, including the right to collective bargaining. The analysis is the basis for assessing the current regulation and formulating conclusions for the future.

THE CONCEPT OF A TRADE UNION ORGANIZATION COVERING THE ENTIRE WORK ESTABLISHMENT

The presented study concerns the concept of a “trade union organization covering the entire work establishment”. In this study an attempt was made to answer the question whether the term means that the trade union organization must actually conduct activity in each unit of the work establishment in the objective sense, or it is sufficient when, in accordance with the statute or other union resolution defining the subjective scope of its activities, the trade union activity covers the workplace as a whole. The research is based on a dogmatic and legal analysis of Polish law as well as on case-law and legal writing. As a result of the considerations, the Author comes to the conclusion that the status of a work establishment trade union organization is determined by specifying the subjective scope of its activity in its statute or other union resolution. Fears that such a solution to the problem enables the dictatorship of a minority in the workplace can be neutralized by making union rights conditional on the representativeness of a trade union organization also where there is only one such organization in the workplace

Some Issues in the History of the Trade Union Organization of the National Medical Research Center of Rehabilitation And Balneology

Профсоюзная организация ФГБУ «НМИЦ РК» Минздрава России обладает правом на ведение переговоров с администрацией от имени и по поручению своих членов. Деятельность профсоюзной организации исходит из того, что ее целью является представление и защита интересов работников в современной модели социального партнерства

Some Issues in the History of the Trade Union Organization of the National Medical Research Center of Rehabilitation And Balneology

Профсоюзная организация ФГБУ «НМИЦ РК» Минздрава России обладает правом на ведение переговоров с администрацией от имени и по поручению своих членов. Деятельность профсоюзной организации исходит из того, что ее целью является представление и защита интересов работников в современной модели социального партнерства

Identity Under Construction: Workers’ Collective in an Argentine Metallurgical Factory

In the 1970s, Argentina lived moments of great effervescence and labour conflict. The Santa Rosa metallurgical factory, located in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, became a centre of workers' struggle and resistance not only against the management and the state but also against certain union practices. From this factory, a union recovery movement was promoted that, in constant dialogue with the neighborhood and other factories in the area, disputed not only the leadership of the regional union but also the meaning of the union organization and of being a worker and a Peronist. In this article, I propose to analyze the process of construction of this workers’ collective that emerged from the experience at the workplace. To understand the factory not just as a space but also as a process, as a social construction of a relational type allow us to see the determinations that this space exercises over the construction of the workers’ collective, reflecting forms of belonging and solidarity among the members of this collective that are more than just the sum of individualities. I will analyze this process of construction of the workers’ collective studying two specific conflicts that these workers carried out during the decade. We will observe how the factory space determined the constitution of an original working culture in constant dialogue with the trade union organization and with the other actors of the environment, focusing on the different responses that this collective of workers gave in different socio-political contexts.

Rethinking Strategy for Gender Equality in Trade Unions

<p class="p1">The non-strategic role and position of women workers in trade union organization, even in the women-dominated sector, is hardly changed even though the number of women members of trade unions is increasing. Various programs have been carried out to increase the strategic role of women in trade union organizations but so far have not shown significant results. Based on interviews with officers of gender equality programs for trade unions, union leaders and women and men members and literature studies this paper offers an idea of the need for a non-exclusive approach and actively and proportionally involving men in awareness-raising and gender equality programs for trade unions. This idea is based on the fact that in trade unions gender-related program is always left to or only involves women. The strategy in the gender equality awareness and improvement program that only involves women causes the program’s effectiveness to be low because half of the causes of the problem is not involved.</p>

Interaction of the trade union organization with internal stakeholders of educational institution

This article analyzes the interaction of the trade union organization with the internal stakeholders of the educational institution on the example of the experience of the People's Ukrainian Academy. The internal stakeholders of the educational and scientific complex have been identified: the staff (teachers, teaching and support staff), students, graduates, public organizations and councils of the academy; structural subdivisions, medical service, labor protection service; departments, sports club, etc. The main directions of the work of the trade union organization are allocated: care of health preservation; labor protection; social protection; help in acute life situations; catering; conducting cultural and sports programs; explanatory and consulting work (health care, pension issues, etc.). The structure of the integral part of the Trade Union Organization of the PUA - Trade Union of Students is considered and its main functional responsibilities are indicated: creation of a pro-staff in each academic group and organization of its work; conducting projects and programs to maintain a healthy lifestyle; patronage of senior courses over juniors and schoolchildren of the Specialized School of Economics and Law; assistance to students in solving educational and housing problems; organization of cultural and sports creative projects; holding a competition for the "Best Room" in the hostel; assistance in the organization of rest and improvement of students during the winter and summer vacations. The experience of the trade union committee in using the capabilities of all internal stakeholders of KhUH "PUA" to achieve a synergistic effect that facilitates the process of human adaptation to the conditions of constant change is presented.

Working Conditions of Moscow Teachers During a Pandemic

The article presents the results of a series of sociological surveys conducted by the Moscow Trade Union Organization using an online questionnaire in the period from September to December 2020. The purpose of this publication is to identify and analyze the main difficulties faced by Moscow teachers when switching to remote mode of work. The corresponding results were presented to the management of the Department of Education and Science of the City of Moscow for making decisions on reducing the workload of teachers. The novelty of the study is confirmed by the low level of knowledge at the time of publication of the phenomena associated with the working conditions of teachers during the pandemic.

Z problematyki utraty i odzyskania uprawnień zakładowej organizacji związkowej

On the loss and recovery of the rights of a trade union organization The provisions of the Trade Union Act of 23 May 1991 concerning the loss and regaining the rights of a company trade union organization generate numerous interpretative doubts. The author analyses issues concerning the trade union organization’s failure to comply with the obligation to provide the employer with information on the number of its members, the trade union organization’s failure to timely submit an application to the labor court with jurisdiction over the employer’s registered office to establish the number of its members as at the last day of the six-month period, and the organization’s restoration of its rights as a result of the submission of an application to establish the number of its members. The author also draws up de lege ferenda postulates concerning the clarification of specific regulations, which should result in avoiding paralysis of the legitimate exercise of trade union rights and privileges by a trade union organization.