IGCSE Economics Trade Unions

Trade Union

Association of trade workers formed to gain higher wages and better working conditions

Craft Union

union made up of skilled workers in a specific trade or industry

Industrial Union

an organization of common laborers and craft workers in a particular industry

General Unions

for anyone regardless of their job whether that be manual or non manual

White Collar Unions

union for non-manual workers.

Collective bargaining

Process by which a union representing negotiates with management for a contract

Industrial action

action taken by employees of a company as a protest, especially striking or working to rule.

Strike

An organized work stoppage intended to force an employer to address union demands.

Go slow

Employees continue to work but at a slower pace.

Work to rule

where employees refuse to do all but the bare legal requirements of their job.

Sit in

a person sits and refuses to leave

Closed shop

An agreement in which a company agrees to hire only union members

Open shop

A workplace where workers are not required to join a union

Single union agreement

An employer recognises just one single union for the purposes of collective bargaining

overtime ban

a form of industrial action when employees refuse to work longer than their normal working hours