Trade Unions

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What is Trade Union?

What is their role?

What are their main objectives?

Trade Union

An organisation of workers, that come together to further their own interests

Role of Trade Unions

To protect their members and improve their economic wellbeing

Main Objectives• Securing jobs,

• Maximising pay

• Ensuring safe working conditions

• Ensure members are treated fairly

• Legal rights of member

Advantages of joining trade union

•It gives strength in numbers in order to make changes•It helps to improved workplace environment•It helps to improved workplace benefits•It Improves workplace job satisfaction•Advices/ financial support to members

Closed Shop

•This refers to all employees must be a member of the same trade union.

Disadvantages of joining trade union (employee)

•Member needs to pay subscription fees.•They may require to take industrial action even if they don’t agree.

Advantages for business to have trade union

•It will improve communications between workers and management•It able to influence government decisions when trade union put their views to the media