Trade unions

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GCSE Sociology (Work) Mind Map on Trade unions, created by SEOTP on 13/11/2013.
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Trade unions
  1. Trade union
    1. negotiate about pay and conditions
      1. Support workers treated unfairly
        1. Provide services like training
          1. Put pressure on the government
          2. Union power limited
            1. pickets limited
              1. can't be forced to strike
                1. secret ballot required before strike called
                2. Types of action
                  1. work-to-rule
                    1. strike
                      1. go slow
                        1. overtime ban
                        2. Union membership has fallen, 30% of workers belong to a union
                          1. Marx predicted workers do not unite as a single group, to challenge capitalism. The rising living standards of most workers and the divisions between workers may explain this
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