An union is an organization that develops where a workforce/student body, who have a common trade or work/study at the same establishment, band together in order to take advantage of the increased power of collective bargaining.
As organized labor[]
In 2372, the Guild of Restaurant and Casino Employees was briefly formed to obtain better working conditions for Quark's personnel, going on strike in the process. (DS9: "Bar Association")
In 2387, in the wake of the Destruction of Romulus, the unions of Hydran chemical industries located on Mysidia went on strike. (RIS Bouteina: "Midwife")
Student unions[]
Student unions are student-run organizations that represent students both within a school and externally on local and national student-related issues. As such, student unions were common fixtures in Federation and Lyran universities.
21st century Quebec student unions worked by tiers: department-level unions, like the PHYSUM, was subordinate to institution-level unions, like the FAÉCUM, themselves grouped into province-wide unions. However, department-level unions held the power to declare strikes independently of upper tiers. (Star Trek: The Stoneship Files: "Rode the 300", "The Defector (TSF)")
The Malachor V University Student Union coordinated the 2401 student strike on Malachor V, organizing a five million-strong protest in Tinseltown. (Star Trek: The Stoneship Files: "The Defector")
External links[]
- Labor union article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
- Trade union article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Students' union article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.