Дистанційне навчання 10-A (16.01.2021)
Lesson
Saturday, the
sixteenth
of January
Theme: In the office
Homework
Task 1. Read and translate the text.
WHAT
ARE TRADE UNIONS?
An individual worker
alone has very little power to influence decisions in a company. But when they
join together, workers have more influence on their employer. These groups of
workers are called trade unions.
Trade unions are
organisations that represent people at work. ‘Representing’ usually means that
someone from the union meets with management on behalf of a worker or staff to
discuss a problem with their employer.
Examples of trade unions
in Britain include National Union of Teachers (NUT), British Medical
Association (BMA), Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU). Trade unions are
financed and run by their members. Some of them were formed over 100 years ago.
Almost every working person has the legal right to join or not to join a trade
union.
In the past relationships
between trade union and employer were often confrontational – “they against
us”. Over the last twenty years this has changed to much more of a partnership
– employers and employees working together for the long term success of a
business.
Trade unions aim to
protect their members and improve working conditions of their employment. This
includes making sure that workplaces are safe and that people’s health is not
at risk because of their jobs.
Sometimes trade unions
employ lawyers to make sure that companies and organisations treat their staff
in accordance with the law.
Trade unions try to get
better pay for members and improve working conditions. If an employer wants to
ask for a pay rise he is less likely to be successful than if every member of
staff speaks as one through their trade union. Trade unions collectively
negotiate better pay and conditions on behalf of their members. Besides, statistic
says that union members earn more than non-union members.
Task 2. Decide if the following statements
are true (T) or false (F) according to the text.
1. A single worker can
hardly influence decisions of a company.
2. Trade unions’
objective is to improve working conditions.
3. Usually trade unions
represent people of a particular professional sphere.
4. Relations between
company management and trade unions are very confrontational nowadays.
5. Some trade unions were
founded more than a century ago.
6. Employer is
responsible for financing the trade union.
7. Trade unions do not
have the legal right to have their own lawyers.
8. Trade union members
and non-trade union worker may have different salary.
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