Titus Walamba

TRADE UNIONS IN THE 21st CENTURY Titus Walamba

Trade Unionism in the 21st Century: Loss or Gain looks into the roles that the labor movement has played in the democratization processes and representation of the workers plight. The need for union representation cannot be underestimated; in the 21st century there is a misconception that the labor movement has become docile. Trade unions exist for historical and ideological reasons of advancing the cause of workers and the society at large. They engage the working social and economic order and may either accept the existing economic order or work within that order to achieve a favorable set of economic terms and employment conditions, or they may seek to overthrow the existing political and economic system and replace it with another. Trade unionism in the 21St century is a call to relight the flame for trade unionism in Zambia.