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Differing interests inherent in the employment relationship such as conflict around the wage/effort bargain, the commodity status of labour, and asymmetrical power relations create the basis for trade union demand. As these elements of the employment relationship are a constant in any market system trade unions retain a continuing relevance for many workers (D’Art and Turner, 2006).
Critically discuss this statement by evaluating the relevance of trade unions in the contemporary employment relationship.
Differing interests inherent in the employment relationship such as conflict around the wage/effort bargain, the commodity status of labour, and asymmetrical power relations create the basis for trade union demand. As these elements of the employment relationship are a constant in any market system trade unions retain a continuing relevance for many workers (D’Art and Turner, 2006).
Critically discuss this statement by evaluating the relevance of trade unions in the contemporary employment relationship.