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Workers and Trade Unions, • - Coggle Diagram

- - - - for firms
        
        Wages and working conditions may be better and less working hours if the was no union representation
        
        They will have less contol over who to hire and who to dismiss
        
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    - - Belonging to a trade union requires weekly or monthly fees
      - Individual workers will not have bargaining power for higher wages against colleagues
      - Some workers have no other option but to join unions
  - - - Advantages
        
        for workers
        
        Help to fight and maintain their jobs and working conditions
        
        Protect wages and benefits
        
        Prevent discrimination and exploitation
        
        Can provide training and educational cources
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        for firms
        
        Protect and maintain skill levels of their members
- - - - Disadvantages
        
        2) workers may start to feel alienated and may feel undervalued and lose pride in their work. It may result in the workers not being able to see the final result and will start losing motivation --> may lead to industrial disputes
        
        3) products may become too standardized - May not be enough variation, this point depends on consumers' opinions and differs from peoples' wants and choices.
        
        1) The work may become boring - repetition of the same task may get too repetitive and workers may get bored and start losing motivation. As a result, quality may go down.
        
        4) Firms are unable to use labour flexibly - If one or two workers responsible for one task take leave, the overall production would be on hold. Since that task was dependent on those workers, no other workers would be able to fill in and production rate would decrease.
      - Advantages
        
        3) If a worker has to switch between many different tasks and operations, it would take a lot of time to learn and develop the skills required. Division of labour would mean lesser training required as well.
        
        2) The workers' abilities are used to the full extent - firms can choose workers based on what work they are best at. By repeating their individual tasks, their speed and skill increases and along with this their earnings as they become more productive.
        
        1) More goods and services can be produced - repetition of the same operation over and over again increases their skill and speed which would result in more production in the same amount of time.
        
        4) It allows the use of machinery - Since labour is divided into specialist sections, it becomes more worthwhile to use machinery. This allows further savings of time and effort.
  - - - Disadvantaages
        
        however, over-specialization in only a few skills or a small skillset can result in immobility and the workers' will have a harder time finding a job
        
        the quality of the products may come down as the worker wouldn't spend too much time on checking the product.
      - Advantages
        
        Specializaiton allows workers to make the best use of their skills and abilities
        
        skilled employees will often earn more than unskilled employees as their skills are limited.
        
        Being exposed to more skills and abilities would also increase the workers' productivity and increase their opportunities as there is a high demand for skill labour