WorksheetsTrade Unions
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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 3 largest Trade unions in South Africa?
(a) COSATU
(b) FEDUSA
(c) NACTU
(d) FASA
What is the difference between a strike and picketing?
(a) Strike is when workers stay from work to force management to accept their demands
(b) burn the workplace
(c) beat people at the workplace
(d) Picketing is form of protest in which people congregate outside a place of work.
1. Why should employees be allowed to vote by secret ballot when deciding whether to support unionization in the workplace?
(a) Protects the workers themselves.
(b) Protects the employers and the unions.
(c) Everyone’s vote is a secret.
(d) All of the above
1. What does CCMA stands for?
(a) Commission for Conciliation Medical and Arbitration.
(b) Conciliation for Construction Mediation and Arbitration.
(c) Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration.
(d) Conciliation for Commission Mediation and Arbitration.
1. Are the best interests of workers served when employees are members of a union?
(a) This depends largely on the attitude of the union and its relationship with the management of the firm or firms it negotiates with.
(b) Unions will serve the best interests of workers.
(c) Workers don’t have any say in decisions made by the union.
1. Are collective agreements legally enforceable?
(a) Yes, otherwise they would be worthless.
(b) No, they are never legally enforceable.
(c) They are presumed not to be legally enforceable unless the parties agree otherwise.
(d) Only those made with trade unions.
What are the rights of unions in the workplace?
(a) Treat people unequal.
(b) Do personal stuff during work time.
(c) The right to access the workplace to talk to union members.
(d) The right to unfair dismissal of workers.
Can an employer decide whether he or she employs a trade union member due to trouble-making?
(a) Yes, Otherwise they would be worthless.
(b) No, He/She has no right to choose or discriminate.
(c) Yes it is lawful.
(d) No,It would be lawful.
The right to strike falls under which act?
(a) Basic Condition of Employment Act 75 of 1997
(b) Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995
(c) Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act 53 of 2003
What criteria are used to assess whether a trade union is independent?
(a) Whether its name implies independence.
(b) Its background and the way it organizes and structures itself, including its finances.
(c) The size of its membership.
(d) Its future plans for co-operation with the employer.
Which criteria might a judge take into account in deciding whether to grant an interim injunction against a trade union from taking industrial action?
a) Whether there is a serious question to be tried and where the balance of convenience lies.
(b) Whether the trade union puts up a good case.
(c) Whether the issue is serious enough.
(d) How well supported the industrial action is
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.
What is the protected strike?
(a) ) a strike that complies with the requirements in the LRA, where the subject matter of the strike is legitimate and procedural requirements are complied with prior to the strike commencing.
(b) Employees are chased away by employers from workplace
(c) Strike that accommodate employers only
(d) strike that dismiss employees from the workplace.
