The impact of trade unions on employees welfare: a case study of crown beverages Pepsicola
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2008-09
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Kampala International University, College of Economics and Management
Abstract
The study was carried out to find the impact of trade unions on employees
welfare. Objectives to be achieved included the following;
To examine whether trade unions have power on employees in decision
making. To access the impact of trade unions on employees welfare.
To examine whether trade unions influence the wage bargaining.
To achieve the above objectives the researcher used questionnaire and
interviews which were administered to both the employees and the trade union
members. Data was analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively and presented according to the study objectives. Findings revealed that there were more positive impacts of trade unions on
employees welfare than the negative impacts.
The recommendation suggested included the following;
The researcher recommends that the leaders of trade unions should attract
female employees in the union. This could be done by appointing ladies on top posts.
The researcher recommends that trade union members should abide by the
rules and regulation of the union and organization they work for.
The researcher recommends that trade union members should clear their
subscription in time and also lobby for funding from government to enable them run their activities smoothly.
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The researcher recommends that union leaders should be democratically
elected by union members amongst the registered basing on experience and
previous performance and commitments of the person chosen to the union
activities. This will lead to efficient running of the trade union.
The researcher recommends that the decree 20, 1976 which defines a trade
union as a combination of whether temporary or permanent of 1000 or more
employees should be amended. The number should be reduced so that
management of the union becomes easy. This will bring unity and concentrated
effort towards achieving the goals and objectives of the union
Description
A research proposal submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Confirmation of Bachelor's Degree of Business Administration of Kampala International University
Keywords
Trade unions, Employees welfare, Pepsicola