Trade Unions in your Nation

[Formerly Socialist Germany]

Trade unions were outlawed when the Comecon imploded and our nation joined the Organization for Economic Development in Europe. Trade unions are a relic of the socialist past we want to leave behind.

[Greater Mackonia]

Trade Unions play an important role in making economic policy in Greater Mackonia, one union is chosen to represent all workers of a profession and said union may report to the Corporative Councils in relation to affairs of its sector to represent the workers. A national trade union exists, the Greater Mackonia Unified Trade Syndicate, which represents all workers at the Grand Council of Industry and Economic Affairs which decides general industrial policy. Unions are thus given an equal platform to negotiate with the bosses on with the oversight of the Seventh Sector, wages, working hours and the like are all settled via dialogue between bosses and workers at these meetings.

However in return for this recognition, unions are heavily restricted. No unions but those recognised by the Seventh Sector are considered legitimate organisations and may be disbanded by whatever means the employer chooses.Union bosses are appointed by the Seventh Sector. Unapproved strikes are outlawed, unions are legally obliged to accept the rulings of the Corporative Councils and the Seventh Sector frequently favour the employers.

[Living Stones]

Trade unions are unheard of in Living Stones. There is no real need for them as wages are based on need, numerous and strict regulations ensure a safe working environment, & social stratification is illegal. If they would ever appear they would likely be banned, as oaths &large scale organized secrecy are strictly illegal, while disobedience to authority is almost always illegal.

[United Provinces of Atlantica]

What is the situation of trade unions in your nations? Atlantican workers are incredibly well-organised. Almost everyone is organised and sit-down strikes, secondary strikes, mass picketing, etc., is both legal and is often used for strikes.

Are they legal? Yes.

How many people are organized in Trade Unions? Approximately 98% of employed workers.

What rights do they have? Trade unions have a large number of rights. Sit-down strikes, sympathy strikes, mass picketing, closed shops/post-entry closed shops are all legal, unlike in some other countries. Additionally, all forms of union busting are strictly illegal and usually result in heavy fines, or sometimes even prison time.

Are they connected to political parties/organizations? Four out of the five major trade union federations are connected with political parties. it should be stated, however, that both the trade unions and political parties are mostly independent of each other, although political parties and trade union centres almost always have the same membership and both the Socialists and the Communists and their affiliated trade unions centres hold joint International Workers' Day rallies.

Which is the biggest trade union? The largest trade union federation is the Atlantican Federation of Labour, while the largest trade union is the Oil Workers' Union, which alone represents over 8% of the population, although there are a large number of other, smaller trade unions, hence the very high union density of Atlantican workers.

Are the trade unions connected with each other? Almost all trade unions are affiliated with another trade

[Vallermoore]

What is the situation of trade unions in your nations?

Are they legal? Yes

How many people are organized in Trade Unions?

In the building trade, most people, 95%+. In other trades, anywhere from about 60% to almost noone.

What rights do they have?

They can talk to management, suggest things, help their members, organize go-slows, and within strict limits go on strike. There are two rules with strikes to make them legal. One is no violence/theft against people and property. The other is that those not responsible for the low pay/other problem must not be bothered. Because others apart from the bosses/foremen are not deemed under the law to be bothered by building strikes, the Building Union is very powerful. In most other cases, strikes are banned as they effect the general public who are not themselves responsible for whatever the workers are striking over, and those who strike can face prison or even the whip.

They use ways legal, semi legal and downright illegal to help their members, from talking about things and grants or loans of money to members on hard times, through go-slows and sickies and *accidently* all turning up late at the same time, to illegal things that would not be out of place on Cybertron. Bad bosses have been sent a bullet in the post, and know that hiring bodyguards long term will be much more expensive then paying workers a decent wage.

Are they connected to political parties/organizations? Yes, to the Communists and the Old Labour Party, and a few to the New Labour Party.

Which is the biggest trade union? The Building Union

Are the trade unions connected with each other? Yes

[Nusantara Republic]

What is the situation of trade unions in your nation?
They are very active in conducting strikes, petitioning the National Assembly to raise workers' wages, etc.

Are they legal?
Yes, under the National Law no. 21, 1969.

How many people are organized in Trade Unions?
Most working-class people have joined trade unions for their benefits.

What rights do they have?

• Right to be treated with respect by the government and employers
• Right to comfortable working conditions
• Right to conduct a peaceful strike
• Right to enforce laws in workplaces
• Etc.

Are they connected to political parties/organizations?
The Nusa Workers' Union (NWU), while officially a trade union, can participate in elections like normal parties.

Which is the biggest trade union?
The NWU.

Are the trade unions connected with each other?
Yes they are, through the Confederation of Nusantaran Trade Unions (CNTU).

[Principe Salvador]

What is the situation of trade unions in your nations?

Are they legal?
Yes

How many people are organized in Trade Unions?
656,779

What rights do they have?
Closed shop, collective bargaining, and legal representation of workers

Are they connected to political parties/organizations?
They donate to political causes

Which is the biggest trade union?
SEIU-PN (Service Employees International Union Principe Salvador Branch

Are the trade unions connected with each other?
Some are

[Bashriyya]

We have vertical unions.

[Shangbala]

Trade unions are entirely illegal, being viewed both as a tool of international communism and as an affront to a properly organised and hierarchical society. There do exist a number of clandestine workers organisations, particularly amongst immigrant labourers, but strikes are usually broken by force. Leaders of workers groups are liable to execution, while strikers are often interned in 'Penal monasteries' (read, labour and reeducation camps)run by the OMB, the paramilitary order of militant Buddhists.

[Novus Niciae]

What is the situation of trade unions in your nations?
There are numerous guilds and professional societies that exist to protect the rights of workers.

Are they legal?
Yes

How many people are organized in Trade Unions?
About 75% of workers are in a guild or professional society.

What rights do they have?
Guilds and professional societies work with the department of labour to standardize wages/payment rates and to regulate working conditions.

Are they connected to political parties/organizations?
The Labour party is the political wing of the guild council, they currently are the majority party in the house of representatives.

Which is the biggest trade union?
The Manufacturing guild followed closely by the retail workers guild.

Are the trade unions connected with each other?
There is a guild council where they meet to discuss matters of general interest to all guilds and to endorse candidates to stand on the Labour ticket at elections.

[The Vrree Nations]

The Vrree Nations use the syndicate system. With Vrree syndicates, the company and the union are essentially the same thing. All employees have an equal vote in how their syndicate is run, and all employees share the syndicate's profits equally (or an equal flat wage if the syndicate runs a deficit). While most syndicates do have managers to handle everyday executive decisions, they receive no special treatment in terms of pay grade etc. Labour unions as distinct entities are therefore unnecessary and unheard-of.

[Trelatche]

What is the situation of trade unions in your nations?
Absolutely legal, and workers of all industries are welcome to form their own unions.
Are they legal?
Definitely
How many people are organized in Trade Unions?
Varies depending on the specific union, from a few hundred to 10 million.
What rights do they have?
They have the status of organization within the legal system.
Are they connected to political parties/organizations?
None are connected.
Which is the biggest trade union?
The FTL, The Federation of Trelatchean Labour.
Are the trade unions connected with each other?
Varies, some are, some are not.

[Free Garza]

What is the situation of trade unions in your nations? Trade unions are a very active, prominent part of the economy and the industrial sector. Also vital are the labor or workers' cooperatives, especially in the agricultural sector, where the farmers tend to prefer co-operative to personal ownership of farmland. Approximately 89% of all arable land is co-operatively held, by far the largest segment of the agriculture industry. Trade unions, however, tend to predominate in the manufacturing sector, with the services sector more evenly divided between unions and co-operatives.

Are they legal? Yes, trade unions are a respected and protected part of the economy and the labor-management relations in Garzan society. The right to independent trade unions is protected by the Constitution and laws of the Restored Kingdom of Free Garza. Recent legislation, in fact, has guaranteed the secret ballot on the subject of unionization of shops, so as to prevent managerial intimidation and retaliation against organizers and workers.

How many people are organized in Trade Unions?

Out of the population of 36,000,000 people, some 12,000,000 or so are organized into trade unions. It is a sizable voting bloc and a considerable portion of this favors either the Social Democratic or the Communist parties.

What rights do they have?

Trade unions and unionized workers have the right to organize, to strike, to engage in collective bargaining, to engage in class-action litigation, and to hold elections by secret ballot to determine the issue of unionization for unorganized shops and workers.

Are they connected to political parties/organizations?

Typically, the General Confederation of Labor and the National Congress of Workers are affiliated with the leftist parties, with the larger, former group being associated with the Social Democratic Party, while the latter, smaller, more radical organization is connected to the Communist Party.

Which is the biggest trade union?

The General Confederation of Labor has an estimated 8.2 million members, compared to 3.8 million in the National Congress of Workers. Nearly all trade unions are affiliated with one or both organizations.

Are the trade unions connected with each other?

Practically all trade unions are confederated into one or both of the major trade union organizations, whether the General Confederation of Labor or the National Congress of Workers.

[Alugua]

Are they legal? Yes

How many people are organized in Trade Unions? 47% of all workers

What rights do they have? Collective Bargaining

Are they connected to political parties/organizations? Well obviously

Which is the biggest trade union? SEIU and the Nurse's Union

Are the trade unions connected with each other? Yes

[Ingensterra]

What is the situation of trade unions in your nations?: They exist. Often are for state-related departments and or jobs that have possibility of injury.
Are they legal?: Now, it'd be unconstitutional for it not to be.
How many people are organized in Trade Unions?: 9% of the population.
What rights do they have?: The right to appeal in case of termination. Right to wage competitiveness and equality. Whatever the companies or divisions agree to work with.
Are they connected to political parties/organizations?: Not in a million years.
Which is the biggest trade union?: Public Workers Association (PWA)
Are the trade unions connected with each other?: No

[Rudkullar]

Any form of organization among the workers is banned.

[United Dixieland Territories]

Trade Unions are illegal unless founded, regulated and managed by the state. Of which there are roughly two or three designed around supporting the Industrious Southerner; whereas anything else is catering to Marxist, Populist or Republican Sentiments.

The Whigs, Federalists, Freedom Party & "New South" parties all have varying views on the matter; most of which seem to contribute to the massive, boiling pot of contention that was the 1917 official outlawing of the "Confederate National Laborer's Party" due to an Act voted upon by the Confederate House of Burgess's due to emerging evidence of the CNLP's funding of Congaree Lincolnian-Marxists in the Louisiana Bayou & Mississippi swamplands.

Suffice it to say, the eye of the law is upon said "Unions".

[British Socialist Syndicates]

What is the situation of trade unions in your nations?
They are an integral feature of Britain's syndicalist political system.
Are they legal?
Of course.
How many people are organized in Trade Unions?
Virtually the entire adult population.
What rights do they have?
They have a constitutional right to take strike action, negotiate with workplaces and represent their members in the National Assembly.
Are they connected to political parties/organizations?
Yes - the majority of unions are affiliated with the Syndicalist Party.
Which is the biggest trade union?
The General Workers' Union (GWU).
Are the trade unions connected with each other?
Yes, to varying degrees - depending on the circumstances, certain unions may ally with each other, creating larger amalgamations or blocs, while at other times factions may break off and create new, smaller organisations.

[Monsone]

What is the situation of trade unions in your nations?

They have been illegal since 1950.

Are they legal?

No. not at all.

How many people are organized in Trade Unions?

Legally none. But in practice, there likely are in underground unions.

What rights do they have?

None.

Are they connected to political parties/organizations?

No.

Which is the biggest trade union?

None at the moment since they are illegal.

Are the trade unions connected with each other?

Likely, but only as an underground resistance.

[Eikotomi]

What is the situation of trade unions in your nations? Trade unions are legal but are regulated by the government.

Are they legal? Yes

How many people are organized in Trade Unions? Approximately 30% of the workforce is unionised

What rights do they have? They have additional benefits if their union has special agreements with employers.

Are they connected to political parties/organizations? Some unions are connected to political parties such as the Farmers' Bureau which is linked to the ruling LDP

Which is the biggest trade union? All unions are linked to the National Trades Union Federation which is the predominant trade union voice in the country, and is closely regulated by the government.

Are the trade unions connected with each other? The NTUF is the body which all unions are members of.