TRADE UNIONS AND WORKERS' RIGHTS

U ovom diplomskom radu pobliže se pojašnjava uloga sindikata u očuvanju radničkih prava. Sindikati kao samostalne interesne organizacije radnika imaju značajnu ulogu pri uspostavi ravnoteže među zaposlenicima, kao jedne strane, i poslodavcima, kao druge strane radnih odnosa. Iako se rad pretežito bavi hrvatskim radnopravnim zakonodavstvom, primjećuje se upotreba komparativne metode analiziranja nastanka sindikata u pojedinim europskim zemljama, ali i u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama. Navedena metoda se također koristi u zadnjem poglavlju naziva Organizacija sindikata i njihovo djelovanje. Cilj ovog rada jest dočarati sam pojam sindikata i način njihova djelovanja od pojave prvih radničkih udruženja, europskih i međunarodnih dokumenata kojima su priznati, preko uvjeta utemeljenja sindikata i sindikalnih prava koji proizlaze iz same činjenice sindikalnog članstva, pa sve do unutarnjeg ustrojstva tijela sindikata. Kraj rada bavi se sindikalnim utjecajem na društvena i politička zbivanja, a propituje i budućnost koja očekuje svjetski sindikalizam.This thesis closely explains the role of trade unions in preserving workers' rights. Trade unions as independent interest organizations of workers take a significant part in establishing the balance between employees and employers as two opposing sides of one working relation. Although this thesis mostly covers Croatian labor legislation, the usage of comparative method in analizing the origination of trade unions in certain European and American countries is also noticed. The same method is also used in the last chapter called Trade Union Organization and its Activity. The goal of the thesis itself is to explain the term 'Trade Union' and the ways of its action since the emergence of the first workers' associations, European and international documents in which they are acknowledged, through the conditions of union formation, trade union rights and the trade union internal structure. The end of this thesis is dealing with the influence a trade union has on social and political events and it also explores the future that awaits global trade unionism