Unionization of non-regular workers by entreprise unions

In recent years, there has been a growing move among enterprise unions to unionize non-regular workers. Consequently, there has been a change in the downtrend of the unionization rate that had continued for many years. This paper explains the factors behind the growing unionization movement as well as its benefits, challenges and significance based on an analysis of advanced cases of unionization. An increase in non-regular workers has created problems related to work motivation, employee retention and workplace communication, thereby affecting corporate earnings. The growing sense of crisis about this situation has prompted unions to unionize non-regular workers, who have come to form a core workforce. Unions have made efforts to improve working conditions, leading to increased union activity. With their influence increased, unions have come to play a significant role. The move to unionize non-regular workers represents an attempt to reconstruct the internal labor market through the unionization of the core workforce as a whole and to rebuild the original function of enterprise unions so as to enable the unions to play their original role.