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Revision Guide

A Level
Revision Guide

Revision Guide

A Level Essays

Trades Unions UK

 

Reasons for a decline in trades Unions

  1. De industrialisation
  2. Govt legislation on trades unions
    1. ended closed shops
    2. secondary picketing outlawed
    3. ballot necessary for a strike
    4. political levy must come from a vote
  3. Growth of service sector at expense of manufacturing sector
  4. Growth of part time/ temporary jobs
  5. Privatisation

 

What are the effects of unions on employment

  1. Depends on employer (monopsony, competitive)
  2. Efficiency wage theory
  3. Productivity increases

Effect of Trades Unions on a Competitive Labour Market

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Unemployment of Q2-Q1

See also: Trades Unions 2

 

Essays and Revision Notes on Labour Markets

Flexible Labour Markets

Minimum Wages

 

 

TUC - Trade Union Council of UK