Industrial revolution & Trade Unions

what is a trade union?

• (a) It is an organisation

• (b) A group of workers

• (c) Trade unions are independent organisations that represent workers to their employers

• (d) To register a trade union, you must apply to the Registrar of labour Relations

What are the roles and responsibilities of Trade union?

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

• ( b) Protecting the reliability of its trade.

• ( c) achieving higher wages by securing economic benefits.

• (d) All of the above

Which one is a fair reason for dismissal

• ( a) Capability/Performance.

• (b) Unreasonable manner

• (c) Dismissed on a job harsh.

• (d) Dismissed without a warning.

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

The time in history were there was an increase in machines which replaced work that was once performed by animals or humans.

• Corporation

• Industrialism

• Monopoly

• Mass Production

The movement of people from rural areas to cities.

• Urbanization

• Socialism

• Industrialism

• Utilitarianism

Manufacturing large quantities of identical goods at a cheap price.

• Proletariat

• Trade Unions

• Assembly line

• Mass Production

New system of commerce, based on the idea that the economy would be better if the government was "hands off".

• Industrial Capitalism

• Trade Unions

• Socialism

• Liberalism

Supporters of this type of society believed that the government should own and control the means of productions- land, factories, raw materials, etc.

• Utilitarianism

• Liberalism

• Socialism

• Capitalism

Transportation in the 1800s was revolutionized by the development of the

• caravel

• steam engine

• astrolabe

• airplane