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WorksheetsTrade Unions IGCSE Economics
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 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
The term collective bargaining refers to:
actions aim to force employers to meet the demands of workers
measures taken by the workforce to put pressure on the employees
negotiations between representative of workers and employers
industrial action in which workers refuse to work
Which of the following is the definition of industrial action?
Measures taken by the workforce or trade union to put pressure on management to settle an industrial dispute in favour of employees.
workers working hard in the workplace
employees agreeing to settle conflict as soon as they arise.
A trade union is a/an
organization of workers who take collective action to try to achieve workers aim of higher pay and improved working conditions.
organization where buying and selling take place.
organization that represents only employers.
A form of industrial action in which workers keep working but at a minimum pace demanded by their contract of employment is called
work-to-rule
go-slow
picketing
5. What is least likely to be a function of a trade union?
A improving working conditions
B. reducing the cost of labour
C. representing members interests
D securing adequate pay for members
9. UK flights were severely disrupted in August 2004 after a pay dispute involving tradeunion members. Which change would the union not have used to support their pay claim?
A. a downtum in the booking of flights
B a fall in the real wages of airline staff
C an increase in the airlines profits
D. a rise in inflation
11. What is not a function of a trade union?
A to arrange promotion for its members
B to discuss members' working conditions
C to negotiate members'wages
D to represent members in dispute
13. A trade union agrees on a 'closed shop' policy with employers in an industryHow does this operate?
A. All workers will be members of the trade union
B Employment will be open only to skilled workers
C The employers cannot make workers redundant
D Workers cannot move between employers
19. A group of workers in a Bangladesh garment factory is concerned about the low pay,poor working conditions and extended hours of work. They decide to work only for theircontracted hours of work and put a ban on overtime. This type industrial action is known as
A. Go-slow
B. Strike action
C. Work-to-rule
D. Sit-in
All of the following are examples of employer strategies to settle dispute in the workplace except.
Closure
public relations
negotiation
strike
