5. rights and responsibilities of trade union
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Complete the paragraph below in your jotterusing the words from the wordbank
In the workplace a person is ------- as a shopsteward by his/her co-workers. The shopsteward has many ---------------- towards theworkers and can help them in several ways.They might ------ a disciplinary meeting withthem or speak to the manager about better ---
and ----------. It is important for the shopsteward to be --------- and be a good --------in order to represent the workers.
confident, elected, pay, listener, responsibilities,
attend,
conditions
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To be successful you will be able to:
To understand therights andresponsibilities of a
trade union
• Identify some of the rights a trade union has
•
Identify some of the responsibilities that goalong with these
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In any job or role that you do youalways have
With these rights also go
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Boxer Joe Calzaghe hasthe right to be treatedin a professional
manner and to have adoctor present atringside at all times
He also has the personal responsibility not to hit his opponent with a blow tothe back of the head and to follow therules put forward by the British Boxing
Board of Control
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At school you have the right to an
education and to be treated with
respect
But you also
have theresponsibility toattend classes,work hard and
respect others
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They have rights that must be
listened to and considered
With these rights goresponsibilities that they mustfollow
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BRAINSTORM
RIGHTS
What kind of
rights would a
trade union
have?
What rights
would membershave?
Why should
people have
rights?
Trade Union
Actions… What
are the rights
here?
What is a
right?
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BRAINSTORM
RESPONSIBILITIES
Whatresponsibilities
would
members
have?
What is aresponsibility?
Why should
people have
responsibilities?
What sort of
responsibilities
should a trade
union have?
Who does a trade
union have a
responsibility to?
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RIGHTS RESPONSIBILITIES
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RIGHTS RESPONSIBILITIES
Recruit Members Not to put pressure onpeople to join
Ask about changes in
wages and conditions
Not to make
unreasonable demandsor threaten
Take industrial action
to protect workers’rights, e.g. strike
Hold a secret ballot to
see if majority ofmembers supportaction. Only takeaction that is
peaceful/lawful
UNIONS
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RIGHTS RESPONSIBILITIES
Participate in electingshop stewards
To vote in election
Have union
representation in anydispute withmanagement
To report problems,
e.g. health and safetyissues, to shopsteward
Take part in industrialaction To act within the law,e.g. picketing
UNION MEMBERS
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• Explain in detail some of the rights
and responsibilities trade unionsand union members have.
8 marks
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• Identify three rights a trade union
has
• Identify three responsibilities atrade union has that go
with these rights