Logic of Trade Union Representation

 Reading a case study from 4 country 

According to the writer:

This book goes further, to argue there are two distinct logics of association on labour’s side, and as the title suggests – two logics of trade union representation.

1. The one logic is that of workers coming together, acting to fight for their rights. 
2. The other logic is that of trade unions and employers’associations, sometimes together with high-ranking officials of the state, negotiating labour market conditions. 

In both logics, membership is essential for the status, functioning and efficacy of the trade union. This is the unifying feature of both logics, singling out trade unions from other forms of association with similar objectives. 

Hence, the pivotal reference for understanding that the two logics of labour’s collective action is centred on membership. However, membership and its derivative traits – democracy, accountability, power and legitimacy – work in different ways.

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