6.7.2 Role of trade unions

• What type of environment do trade unions advocate for in the workplace?

  Safe and healthy
• Match the function of trade unions with its description:

  Collective bargaining ↔️ Negotiates wages and benefits

  Protecting member rights ↔️ Ensures fair treatment

  Advocating for workplace safety ↔️ Promotes a safe environment

  Providing legal support ↔️ Offers legal assistance

  Promoting professional development ↔️ Provides training opportunities
• What is the first step in the collective bargaining process?

  Preparation
• The final step in the collective bargaining process is ratification
• Wage increases are a common outcome of collective bargaining.
• How do trade unions impact employee rights and welfare?

  Advocating for fair treatment
• The Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 ensures trade union rights
• What is the primary goal of trade unions when negotiating wages?

  Securing fair compensation
• Trade unions aim to improve working conditions to ensure safe and healthy environments
• Trade unions offer training to enhance member skills and career prospects.
• Which historical act legalized trade unions in Britain?

  Repeal of Combination Acts
• The American Federation of Labor (AFL) was founded in the year 1886
• A trade union is an organization of workers formed to protect and promote their common interests
• One primary objective of trade unions is to negotiate fair wages for their members.
• Trade unions aim to improve working conditions to create safe and healthy environments
• Trade unions promote job security by advocating for stable employment policies.
• Trade unions offer training and development opportunities to enhance members' skills
• Chronological milestones in the historical development of trade unions

  1️⃣ Repeal of the Combination Acts in1824

  2️⃣ Founding of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) in 1886

  3️⃣ Expansion of union rights and influence in the 20th century
• Trade unions have played a crucial role in advancing worker rights and fair wages.
• The Repeal of the Combination Acts in 1824 legalized trade unions in Britain
• Collective bargaining involves negotiating wages, benefits, and working conditions with employers
• Trade unions ensure fair treatment and safeguard against workplace discrimination.
• Trade unions advocate for workplace safety to promote a healthy working environment
• Trade unions provide legal support to members facing workplace issues.
• Trade unions promote professional development through training and educational opportunities.
• Steps in the collective bargaining process

  1️⃣ Preparation: Gather data and define objectives

  2️⃣ Negotiation: Discuss proposals and counterproposals

  3️⃣ Agreement: Formalize terms in a collective bargaining agreement

  4️⃣ Ratification: Union members approve the agreement
• One common outcome of collective bargaining is higher wages
• Improved benefits from collective bargaining can enhance employee welfare and loyalty.
• Safer working conditions achieved through collective bargaining may require employers to incur additional costs
• Job security provisions in collective bargaining can limit employer flexibility.
• What is a trade union?

  Organization of workers
• One primary objective of trade unions is negotiating wages
• Trade unions aim to improve working conditions for their members.
• What type of assistance do trade unions provide to their members?

  Legal assistance
• Trade unions promote job security for their members.
• What kind of training do trade unions offer to enhance member skills?

  Development training
• The Industrial Revolution laid the foundation for the emergence of trade unions.
• In what year were trade unions legalized in Britain after the repeal of the Combination Acts?

  1824
• The American Federation of Labor (AFL) was founded in 1886
• Arrange the following historical events in the development of trade unions in chronological order:

  1️⃣ 1824: Repeal of Combination Acts

  2️⃣ 1886: Founding of AFL

  3️⃣ 20th Century: Expansion of union rights