Types of Unemployment, Labour Relations, Trade Unions in South Africa and Other Concepts

Dunlop states that the industrial relations system is seen to be 'comprised of certain actors, certain contexts and ideology which bind the industrial relations system together and a body of rules created to govern the actors at the workplace (Blyton Turnbull, 2004, P27). And

An employment relationship describes the dynamic, interlocking economic, legal, social and psychological relations that exist between individuals and their work organizations. Palgrave Macmillan (2013), Glossary [online] Available at: < http://www.palgrave.com/business/brattonandgold/glossary/glossary.htm> [Accessed 17th September 2013]. Factors that impact on this relationship both have a detrimental effect to the running of a business. I will focus on two internal and two external. These being:

It's viewed that each organization has a union formed by the workers so as to act as a single unit when dealing with management and fulfills the pursuits. Nevertheless, good relationship between the union and management is required to run the union successfully. For this reason, a labor relation process is carried out within the group in a few phases. For this reason, the labor relations process occurs when administration and union collectively pick and administer terms and conditions of employment (Holley, Jennings & Wolters, 2011). There are a few key individuals in Labor Relations Process that play the important position, such as administration officers, union officers, staff, and government. Now, labor

Trade union is a form of organization where employees and leaders with common interests join in order to promote and protect those interests. These collective organisations have the role to negotiate with the employers the wages and the working conditions, they also help ease the relationships between employers and employees by diminishing the conflict between them and act collectively when it comes to implement the terms of collective bargaining. As Webbs shows, the trade unions are ‘a continuous association of wage-earners for the purpose of maintaining or improving the conditions of their working lives’(Webb and Webb, 1920, 1). Because the employer has the power in an organisation by having the authority to hire and fire people, the

Looking at unemployment, you may consider that a person who is unemployed is in the situation due to their own personal circumstances, they are unable to get a new job and have been unsuccessful at recent job interviews. C Wright Mills would suggest that the unemployment may be due to

When we take a look into the organizational environment, two aspects come into play one being the union workplace and the other non-union workplace. Unionized workplace is that where the union negotiates with the employers for an agreement and makes a point that the agreement is followed out. In this agreement,the union talks about its wages, benefits and how their working environment will be. Whereas in a non- unionized workplace, the employer holds the right to make decision for the employees.This paper discusses the differences in the organizational environment of the unionized and non -unionized workplace.

The system theory of John Dunlop is one of the traditional perspectives on the employment relationship. He trusts that if stakeholders bound together over a settled ‘web of rules’ can be seen as a distinct system in industrial relation. According to Dunlop (cited in Teicher, Holland & Gough 2006, p.34), he explains “The establishment and administration of these rules is the major concern or output of the industrial relation sub system of industrial society...”. His system theory provides the knowledge, process and practices to the employment relationship. The structure of Dunlop’s system theory which mainly contain four elements, 1) The Actors in a system, 2) The

In our actual economy , we find differents forms or types of unemployment . Unemployment is defined as a situation when someone of working age is not able to get a job but would like to. (Black, Hashimzade, Myles , 2009).

John Dunlop released a book about Industrial Relations Systems during 1958. He proposed a practical conceptual model for studying employment relations. He mentioned that Industrial relations comprise the three participants. Namely workers and their union, management and

“South Africa needs to look beyond BRIC(S) markets and emerging CIVET(S) markets and rather focus on Africa”

Under clause 7 of the Code, the central employer and employee organisations have agreed to

There are many significant change in the world economy occurred, marked by globalization each country has different speed of development under different political and cultural background. During this period, Such as the United States of America 's economic status from the rapid development to the decline, then move to the current stable trend. Brazil, Russia, India, China, which named ‘BRCIS’ those developing countries’ economic performances are very catch the attention in recent years. The decline and rise of these countries ' commercial economy are closely related to their political culture. Therefore, it attracted the attention of scholars and research circles.

There have been many discussions to determine development as one of the terms that creates the use of categories, such as developing world, global south, and Third World. Furthermore, the use of the terms also has been questioned and criticised, weather in academic or political and economical term. The article "Geographies of Development: New Maps, New Vision?" describes the terms developing, Third World, or global south as an explanation about the level of development, which has been argued and discussed about the actual means. The question mark reminds the reader about how exactly development shapes new geographical maps, vision, and its consequences. Examination of geopolitics also has been used to comprehend development, since politics and economies are the fields that contribute in shaping the term "development". The article means to deeply discuss about definition of the term Third World, global south, or developing countries, and furthermore gives information in how development as a term evolve throughout the decades, and if the term still relevant today or not. Although with the assumption that development is always for better, it has too be created negative output, depending on its conception and implementation (Potter et al, 2008).

The countries of the Global South have great influence in the fields of geopolitics and cultural and economic exchanges. While political, social and economic turmoil is prevalent in the countries of the South, at the same time the population of the Global South and its emerging markets offers great promise for economic growth, investment and cultural contribution. (Kaul, 2013) However, the countries of the South and the North have received different treatment in globalization. The developed countries are able to formulate their own policies with fewer interventions and exert pressure on other developing countries so that the developed countries can have more say in the international community. (Bartelson, 2000). Developing countries have hardly made their own decisions. This forces them to adopt policies set by other entities, so in most cases they can not adopt. The influx of capital and the influx of huge amounts of funds have hampered the power to control the global economic powers. Global institutions have become major policymakers, and most southern countries are forced to comply with established standards. Due to the asymmetrical status, the countries in the southern hemisphere are impacted by the multiple structures of global economy and politics. Its consequences have been significantly reflected in the Global Southern energy system

In the years following the First World War, South Africa became part of a major labor movement that involved many workers of mines, textile industries, agriculture and other major businesses that made up the economy. Labor movements played a big role in the South African society politically and economically. The movements took a major role in creating many unions and with that many protests, boycotts, and violence took place in various sectors of the South African society. Workers from regions of South Africa were discontent with the economy of their society, because it had taken a tremendous toll on them including their family and friends. A major union formed in South Africa that played a huge role on the influence of the society politically and socially was the Industrial and Commercial Union also known as the ICU. “Among African and Colored workers, the discontent found expression in the formation of the ICU first in Cape Town, and then rapidly throughout South Africa.”1 The formation of the ICU, influenced workers in different sects of the job industry to form other unions starting a major workers movement that shaped the way we look at South Africa today.