Prior conditions for collective
bargaining
◼Workers have the right to form and join trade
unions. Hence, firstly, in order to make the
trade union activity legal, union must go
Registration process .
◼Secondly, to conduct collective bargaining,
union must go through Recognition. The IRA
act requires unions to attain recognition before
they can proceed to invite an employer to
commence CB
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◼Registration of a union gives it the legal right
to exist, but recognition means an individual
employer is willing to accept the union as the
rightful representative of is workers.
◼Recognition is important to trade unions that,
in the interest of harmonious relations, the IRA
Act (sec 4) lays down the procedure for unions
to follow when claiming recognition
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Invitation to commence CB
(Malaysian context)
◼Either the union or the employer may invite
