4.1.6.5 Trade Unions

Trade unions...

• Answer 1-3.
• Bargain for higher wages with the possibility of strikes
• Co-ordinate with firms to implement new working practises
• Represent workers, e.g. pay and working conditions.

Trade unions aim to bid wages above the competitive labour market level.

• True
• False

Trade unions cannot cause unemployment and inefficiencies

• False
• True

Non trade union members are more likely to experience unemployment.

• True
• False

A trade union....

• Both 1 and 2
• Can counterbalance the LMF caused by monopsonies
• Is an example of LMF
• Neither 1 nor 2

Once a TU is recognised in a workplace, the negotiations with the employer are called...

• collective bargaining
• group bargaining
• informed bargaining
• bargaining

An increased NMW can lead to greater productivity

• True
• False

A trade union would not agree a productivity deal with an employer

• False
• True

The % of the workforce in the trade union

• TU density
• Collective bargaining

Bargaining power of Trade Unions is greater with a conservative government

• False
• True