Trade unions工会

这是一篇关于Trade unions的思维导图， 工会是一个组织，旨在保护其工人成员的利益，即他们的就业条款和条件，包括工资。

Trade unions

• Definition of a trade unions
  • A trade union is an organisation which aims toprotect the interests of its worker members,i.e.theirterms and conditions of employment,including pay.
• The role of trade unions in the economy
  • The primary role of a trade union is to protect the interests ofits members.Examples of trade union roles and responsibilities are: bargaining with employers for pay rises and better termsand conditionsensuring equipment at work is safe to use (supported by1health and safety legislation)and that workers are givensufficient training to enable them to perform their role atwork safely>ensuring members are given legal advice when necessary
  • The primary role of a trade union is to protect the interests ofits members.Examples of trade union roles and responsibilities
  • bargaining with employers for pay rises and better termsand conditionsensuring equipment at work is safe to use (supported by1health and safety legislation)and that workers are givensufficient training to enable them to perform their role atwork safely>ensuring members are given legal advice when necessary
  • Cambridge Assessment International Education 19.2 The role of trade unions in the economy >giving support to members when they are made redundant>providing financial and legal support to workers who may havebeen unfairly dismissed or disciplined persuading the government to pass legislation in favour ofworkers,such as legislation covering minimum wages,maximumworking hours,pension rights and the retirement age.
• Factors affecting the strength of trade unions
  • Trade unions act as a means of communication and negotiationbetween employers and employees through a process calledcollective bargaining. This occurs when a trade union representative,who is voted intotheir position by union members,negotiates on behalf of theworkers for better pay and conditions of work. A collective voice is more powerful than each worker negotiatingindividually with the employer. Collective bargaining is the process of trade union representatives negotiating on behalf of their worker memberswith employer representatives for better pay and conditions.
  • The claim for higher wages in the collective bargaining process isnormally based on one or more of the following: >a rise in the cost of living due to inflation (see Chapter 26),whichreduces the real wage of trade union members >workers in comparable occupations who have received a wageincrease increased profits of the firm and industry as a whole,justifying ahigher return for labour services >an increase in the productivity of labour,further justifying anincrease in wages.
• The advantages and disadvantages of trade unions activity
  • Trade unions act as a means of communication and negotiationbetween employers and employees through a process calledcollective bargaining. This occurs when a trade union representative,who is voted intotheir position by union members,negotiates on behalf of theworkers for better pay and conditions of work. A collective voice is more powerful than each worker negotiatingindividually with the employer. Collective bargaining is the process of trade union representatives negotiating on behalf of their worker memberswith employer representatives for better pay and conditions.
  • The potential negative impacts of trade unions on an economyinclude the following: Trade unions are often portrayed in the media as having a>negative role in an economy when they take industrial actionwhich may result in lost productivity.Strikes are the mostextreme form of industrial action and can cause seriousdisruption to firms and the wider economy.From an employer's point of view,a trade union's demands forbetter pay and conditions for its members may increase thefirm's production costs and therefore reduce its profits.If so,government tax revenues will also fall.