Economics 0455 · IGCSE · Trade unions

Trade unions — practice question

What factors would help a trade union gain a strong bargaining position when it negotiates higher wages for its members in a certain firm?

  • AThe demand for the product produced by the workers has an inelastic demand.
  • BThe economy is experiencing high unemployment.
  • CThe proportion of the firm’s workers in the union is low.
  • DWage costs are a high proportion of total costs for firms in the industry.

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