Trade unions on Air France

In France, six trade unions have called on an airline strike on an issue of pension reform bill

in 2010. The statement states that the retirement age of the staff was 60-65 years and will be

issued a retirement pension from the age of 65 years. But the trade unions wanted a change in

the form stating a full state pension from the age of 62 years. Also about one-third of Air

France staff lives outside France and uses their travel concessions and discounts which were

not being issued. So a final decision was taken by the government stating too provide all the

incentives and pensions to the senior working staff.

The main outcome from the riot between trade union and Airways is due to the difference in

the human resource practices which are been applied. So the relationship between trade

unions and human resource practices is very important to enhance the convergence or

divergence of the organizations in various countries on an equal context.

  Public has a very good approach towards trade unions in Ireland. 

  ChinaThe All-China Federation of Trade Unions or ACFTU is the world's largest trade union,

strictly speaking. It has 280 million members. But its power and size don't necessarily

translate into gains for China's labor force. Union leaders are appointed rather than elected,

and legal restrictions on Chinese workers' rights to collective bargaining and striking

are significant.

 

Industrial relations in Japan can be typified as relatively co-operative.

  United statesThe relationship between unions and companies is described as adversarial and anti-unionism

is said to be profoundly intrinsic in the culture of American business. US union membership

is declining. First reason is the competitive economic environment that emphasises

importance of labour costs reduction. And the second, American labour laws (unlike in other

countries, say Japan or Sweden) give employers full rights to resist unionisation. The goals of

American unions are said to be ‘pure and simple’, that is most commonly they debate with

employers over higher pays and better hours and conditions of work. They are not interested

in company management. 

  Sweden  is an advanced industrialised country, a member of the European Union and thelargest of Scandinavian nations (8.8 million people). Swedish model of industrial relations

 belongs to the Scandinavian model which like the Japanese system can be described co-

operative as opposed to the US one. This country is identified as the one with extraordinarily

strong power of unions which play dominant role as economic institutions. Sweden has

developed what is called industrial democracy and a very profound social welfare state.

Industrial relations in Sweden have three most distinct traits: the strength and high influence

of trade unions, serious industrial disputes almost non-existent, industrial relations are carried

with little or no participation from government i.e. by means of negotiations rather than

legislation. Swedish unions exert substantial political power. Apart from usual topics of wage

determination, work safety regulations and the like, Swedish unions also participate in

activities of a wider social and political character. For instance, they take responsibility for

unemployment insurance.