CH 23 Trade unions

Question 1

What is a trade union?

Answer 1

An organisation representing people working in a particular industry or profession that protects their rights

Question 2

What are the main aims of trade unions?

Answer 2

-Negotiate pay and working conditions with employers
-Provide legal protection for members
-putting pressure on the government to pass laws improving the rights of workers
-Providing financial benefits, such as a pay strike whenever neccesary

Question 3

What is a closed shop?

Answer 3

A company or factory where all workers must belong to a particular trade union

Question 4

What is secondary picketing?

Answer 4

Workers in one workplace or company strike in a group at a particular location to support the striking workers in a different workplace or company