Trade unions

Question 1

Why workers join Trade Unions?

Answer 1

• Employee needs not satisfied
• Protection against Employer
• Perceived gap in pay
• Gain social domiance

Question 2

Employees personal benefits for joining TU

Answer 2

• Better wage increase
• Job security
• Social and self fullfillment needs
• Paying low below market rates for life and health insutance, credit cards andholliday accounts
• Collective voices increase power

Question 3

Citizenship behaviour and dual alliance

Answer 3

• IO Psych goal to improve workforce workplace match and e job match
• lead to improved work performance and org success due to e satisfaction
• OCB described as e behaviour that adds value to org outcomes by going beyond call of duty
• Employees are often TU members
• some employees have dual role
• TU demand union members to go extra mile for TU members

Question 4

Analyzied by 3 perspectives

Answer 4

*Unitarist - No conflict of interest excists,
- loyalty and commited to TU frowned upon
*Radical - Conflict of interested excits, workers owe allegiance to TU
*Pluralist - conflict of interest excists - e primary loyalty lies with themselves and workgroup and union
development of committment 2 comly because of excintric needs
*Pluralist 2 be commited to Or and TU