The Relevance of Union in Workplaces to Today's Environment

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Unions remain relevant in workplaces since they act as employees’ security guards irrespective of the changes in workplace dynamics. They continue to advance their primary agenda of ensuring that employers do not violate employees’ rights. Some of the challenges they address include low wages and salaries, poor working conditions, and long working hours. They also set the pay standards, ensuring that an individual worker receives the relevant payment they deserve. These unions have become critical that even employers accept and respect them in an organization. Generally, they serve as the negotiators of employees since an employee cannot negotiate for themselves individually.
If the unions are absent, employees would lack a constructi...