Trade unions

What is a trade union?

• It is an organisation

• A group of workers

• Trade unions are independent organisations that represent workers to their employers.

• To register a trade union, you must apply to the Registrar of labour relations.

What are the roles and responsibilities of Trade union?

• Is to ensure the welfare of its members such as safeguarding the interests of its members

• Protecting the reliability of its trade

• achieving higher wages by securing economic benefits

• All of the above

A trade union is an organisation that represents...

• The views and interest of workers

• a group of people working towards a common aim

• the aims of managers

• the goals of a business

Trade unions...

• Co-ordinate with firms to implement new working practices

• Bargain for higher wages with the possibility of strikes

• Represent workers, e.g. pay and working conditions.

• Answer 1-3

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

• collective bargaining

• group bargaining

• informed bargaining

• bargaining

 

_________________ are associations of people who join together in their common interest to regulate the relations between employees and employers.

• Industrial Agreements

• Trade Unions

• Craft Agreement

• None of the above

How many types of unions were discussed?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

The main function of trade unions is to obtain improved ___________ and working conditions for their members.

• wages

• surroundings

• dress codes

• none

A strike is an example of _____________________________.

• an industrial agreement

• collective bargaining

• industrial action

• a lock out

Which type of industrial action is displayed when workers follow the rules and regulations of the company exactly?

• Strike

• Work to rule

• Go slow

• Boycott