Unions give security of jobs and prevent a worker from being sacked without a good reason. It teaches the workers of their rights and prevents them from being oppressed by their workers. Unions provide improved working conditions for the workers. If the workers are working in a hazardous environment, it provides them with all the necessary clothing and gadgets that can prevent them from being harmed. Unions allow workers to claim compensation for any injuries sustained during work. Workers in a unionized environment receive better health benefits and are given time to go on vacations. Those in nonunionized environment lack such benefits. Unions give employees the right to strike and picket when oppressed by the employers Gottfried, 1992()

Disadvantages of labor movement

The disadvantage of labor unions is that the individual voices of employees are lost. The elected members of the unions negotiate for all employees as a whole. Employers...
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