Trade Unions

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   closed shop      collective bargaining      craft union      general union      motivating      negotiations      productivity      single union      wages      White collar union   
Trade Unions exist to represent the interests of employees in their with the employers on , working hours, holidays and conditions of work. The process of workers combining together to negotiate with employers is known as . There are different types of trade unions. A is a trade union which represents a particular type of skilled worker. A represents workers from a variety of trade and industry. Office workers, management and professional people are represented by a . Some businesses make it compulsory for their employees to become a member of a particular trade union. This is known as . in order to avoid friction between different trade unions in the same firm, the management may decide to deal with only one trade union and no other. This is known as a agreement. Sometimes the management will link increases in pay to increase in productivity as a way of the workers to work harder. These are called agreements.