Trade Unions & Integrating Cash and Credit is one of 8 topics in the Grade 9 Economic and Management Sciences CAPS syllabus, covered across 3 lessons on Study Vault. Below are real practice questions from this topic with full worked answers.
Sample practice questions
Easy
1. What is a trade union?
An organisation formed by workers who join together to protect and promote their shared workplace interests
A government department that sets all wages
A type of business that only sells to other businesses
A bank that lends money specifically to workers
Answer: An organisation formed by workers who join together to protect and promote their shared workplace interests — A trade union is an organisation formed by workers who join together to protect and promote their shared interests, such as wages and working conditions.
Easy
2. What is the basic idea behind why workers form trade unions, rather than negotiating alone?
Strength in numbers -- a group of workers has far more bargaining power than one worker alone
Trade unions are required by every employer
Individual workers always have more power than groups
Trade unions exist only to organise workplace social events
Answer: Strength in numbers -- a group of workers has far more bargaining power than one worker alone — The basic idea behind trade unions is strength in numbers: a group of workers negotiating together has far more bargaining power than any single worker negotiating alone.
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3. Name the main activity where a trade union negotiates with employers on behalf of all its member workers at once.
Answer: collective bargaining — Collective bargaining is when a trade union negotiates with employers on behalf of all its member workers at once, over wages and working conditions.
