Identify the roles and objectives of a Trade Union. It explains the advantages and disadvantages for members to join Trade Union at their workplace

1. Describe the
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2.  Gathering
 Reunion
 Togetherness

4. Trade Union

5. What is Trade Union?
 What is their role?
 What are their main
objectives?

6. Trade Union
An organisation of workers, that
come together to further their own
interests

7. Role of Trade Unions
To protect their members and
improve their economic wellbeing

8. Main Objectives
• Securing jobs,
• Maximising pay
• Ensuring safe working conditions
• Ensure members are treated fairly
• Legal rights of member

9. 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

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

11. 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.

12. 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