{"id":2272,"date":"2019-01-18T10:26:17","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T09:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/?post_type=article&p=2272"},"modified":"2019-01-25T08:49:47","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T07:49:47","slug":"il-bilanc-bejn-min-ihaddem-u-l-unions","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/article\/il-bilanc-bejn-min-ihaddem-u-l-unions\/","title":{"rendered":"The balance between workers and unions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In democratic countries there exists the process of\u00a0social\u00a0dialogue among\u00a0the Government, employers and workers. Many are under the impression that unions are only for workers but employers also have unions that represent them. The relevance of unions is highlighted by the fat that, since even employers feel the need to be members in a union, imagine how much more necessary it is for a worker to be associated with a workers\u2019 union. All this emphasises the need for a worker to be a member of a union. In this way the scales maintain a balance\u00a0between\u00a0the worker and the employer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Unions today are basing their work on services \u2013 collective and\u00a0sectoral.\u00a0 Unions do not consider solely workers\u2019 wages but also look place emphasis on the work \/ family balance. The unions remain relevant and necessary and they seek to maintain their role as the voice of the workers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Many workers\u00a0speak about what is theirs by right and resort to unions to obtain what is owing to them according to the collective agreement. The unions\u2019 job is to defend their members and\u00a0seek remedies if it is found that something is\u00a0not in accordance with the collective agreement.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As soon as a collective agreement is signed, management needs to enforce it and ensure that it is not\u00a0undermined in any way. The running of the workplace is in the hands of the management. One\u00a0needs\u00a0to see what kind of atmosphere is being created at the workplace and this needs to be done by the management not the union. Not everyone who has the title of manager knows how to manage. There are people who are managers and have absolutely no idea how to manage an organisation.\u00a0When a manager does not enforce the rules of the workplace, workers\u2019 motivation decreases.\u00a0When the management of a workplace is not weak,\u00a0problems\u00a0arise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There needs to be a balance between employers and workers so that a pleasant environment is created.\u00a0\u00a0Management needs to be positive with the workers and give them direction.\u00a0When\u00a0workers are guided from afar, the management\u00a0become detached from the workplace\u00a0and the workers do not feel allied with the management. When the management is in touch with the workers, production is increased.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Good leadership and teamwork are two crucial factors that lead to success at the workplace.\u00a0 The unions come in when individual issues arise that are then discussed in as reasonable way as possible around the table.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In democratic countries there exists the process of\u00a0social\u00a0dialogue among\u00a0the Government, employers and workers. Many are under the impression that unions are only for workers but employers also have unions that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2266,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"issuem_issue":[94],"issuem_issue_categories":[9],"issuem_issue_tags":[],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"2.8.8","language":"en","enabled_languages":["mt","en"],"languages":{"mt":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2272"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2272"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2286,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2272\/revisions\/2286"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue?post=2272"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_categories?post=2272"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_tags?post=2272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}