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IHRMlabour Industrial Relations
IHRMlabour Industrial Relations
Experience of Organizations in Labour and Industrial Relations European Organizations have considerable
experience dealing with unions at the industry level (for e.g. through employer associations), unlike U.S firms which tend to deal with labour relations at the organizational or firm level
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Union Responses
Unions have several options at their disposal to enhance their bargaining power vis--vis international organizations, for example:
Establish institutional links and exchange information through international trade secretariats Legislative and political lobbying in order to improve working conditions and pay (e.g. minimum wage, limit on weekly working hours, discouraging the export of jobs to foreign countries) Exertion of influence on international corporations through agencies such as the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the OECD and the EU
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