Answer to Question #235048 in Management for maizy

Question

 Compare and contrast the nature of the labour force and the development of trade union movement in UK and USA. Make sure to discuss the similarities and main differences in industrial/employment relations. Give examples to support your answer.

Answer 1

The financial resources of the British unions are considerably greater than those of the United States and moreover are increasing rapid

The benefit feature is better adapted to British "trade" union- ism than to the labor unionism of the United States. In the form of payment and character of the benefit, each "trade" union of course varies, adapting itself to the needs of its members. Once instituted, the benefit therefore becomes a retard

For the decade from 1892 to I90I the British unions spent an average of? 919,901 per annum on benefits and only ?293,552 on strikes. For the decade from 1891 to I9oo inclusive, the Ameri- can unions expended an average of $831,833 per annum on strikes, while their average membership in this period was less than half as s of s of Great Britain in1893

As measured either by membership or by financial power, the trade unions of Great Britain, as organizations bettering the eco- nomic condition of the working class or increasing its power in the industrial world, seem already inferior to those of the United States.