A-level Economics Trade unions

A-level Economics lesson on trade unions. Includes:
• Presentation on trade unions
• Key word glossary (1 Trade unions definitions.pdf)
• Worksheet on the impact of trade unions on employment and wage rate in imperfectly competitive labour markets (2 Impact of trade unions on the labour market.pdf)
• Worksheet for students to identify and shade in the areas of total wages and lost wages from underpayment under monopsony and with a trade union; and the areas of employers’ surplus, workers’ surplus and deadweight loss under monopsony and with a trade union (3 Effect of trade unions on wages and efficiency.pdf)
• Article on the gender pay gap in which the equal pay dispute between Asda and the GMB trade union is explained
• Article on the Birmingham bin strike in which some of the determinants of trade union power are explained

Any suggestions/improvements/complaints please do comment and I will update it for future editions.

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