The president and executive of labor union have several responsibilities. The president is the administrator in the labor union. This means that he/she supervises the duties of the executive officers and other officers and employees in the labor union. It means that the president ensures that the activities of the labor union are running in the expected manner. In case of arising issues, the president works to sort any problems in the labor union. The president is responsible for chairing various meetings. This includes meetings involving members of a labor union, the executive members and meeting of board of directors. Te president is responsible for approval and signing of important documents (Sloane, 2010).
The executive members are responsible for making important and urgent decisions that cannot wait for all the members to wait. The executive also reviews policies that were formulated by the members, organize, and ensure that the policies are implemented. The executive is also responsible for keeping important documents that belong to the labor unions. The executive ensure that the members are educated of their rights. This involves informing them their responsibilities and rights as members (Sloane, 2010).
The payment to the president and executive of labor unions is not considered fair when compared to the other CEOs of companies. In the first place, labor unions are said to be nonprofit making organizations. Therefore, the labor unions usually receive expenses that they have incurred when executing their duties in the labor union. The salaries they receive as compared to managers of companies (Sloane, 2010).
These employees do not receive a fixed compensation since it varies according to expenses incurred per month. However, these employees carry out many tasks that are even difficult compared to the carried out by managers of companies. Therefore, the compensation they receive is not fair.
Reference
Sloane, A.A. & Witney, F. (2010). Labor relations (13th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall
