Whois & Analysis for unitetheunion.org

Unite the Union, commonly known as Unite, is a British and Irish trade union, formed on 1 May 2007, by the merger of Amicus and the Transport and General Workers' Union.

It is the largest trade union in the UK and Ireland.

The General Secretary of Unite is Len McCluskey.

A trade union (BritishAustralianNew ZealandSouth African / Caribbean English; also trades union), labour union (Canadian), or labor union (American) is an organization of workers who have come together to achieve common goals such as protecting the integrity of its trade, improving safety standards, achieving higher pay and benefits such as health care and retirement, increasing the number of employees an employer assigns to complete the work, and better working conditions.

The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members ( members) and negotiates labour contracts (collective bargaining) with employers.

The most common purpose of these associations or unions is "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment".

This may include the negotiation of wages, work rules, complaint procedures, rules governing hiring, firing and promotion of workers, benefits, workplace safety and policies.

Labor rights or workers' rights are a group of legal rights and claimed human rights having to do with labor relations between workers and their employers, usually obtained under labor and employment law.

In general, these rights' debates have to do with negotiating workers' pay, benefits, and safe working conditions.

One of the most central of these rights is the right to unionize.

Unions take advantage of collective bargaining and industrial action to increase their members' wages and otherwise change their working situation.

Labor rights can also take in the form of worker's control and worker's self management in which workers have a democratic voice in decision and policy making.

The labor movement initially focused on this "right to unionize", but attention has shifted elsewhere.

Employment is a relationship between two parties, usually based on a contract where work is paid for, where one party, which may be a corporation, for profit, not-for-profit organization, co-operative or other entity is the employer and the other is the employee.

Employees work in return for payment, which may be in the form of an hourly wage, by piecework or an annual salary, depending on the type of work an employee does or which sector she or he is working in.

Employees in some fields or sectors may receive gratuities, bonus payment or stock options.

In some types of employment, employees may receive benefits in addition to payment.

Benefits can include health insurance, housing, disability insurance or use of a gym.

Employment is typically governed by employment laws or regulations or legal contracts.