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Proportion of workers for a firm who are members of that union.
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Available funds.
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Public support.
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Degree of disruption industrial action creates.
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Lower the rate of unemployment.
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Degree to which legislation favours unions over employers.
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Toughen anti-union legislation.
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Strengthening employers' powers by reducing competition legislation - if companies gain labour market share, they will have a larger power to influence the wage rate.
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Trade unions themselves can create productivity agreements - whereby, the employer would agree to raise the wage rate, so long as workers train and improve their skills. Because of this gain of skills, the demand for this labour will increase, as their MRP would have increased due to higher productivity - so it will simply be a shift right in the demand curve for labour - raising wages and not creating unemployment.
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Enforcing more competition by enforcing tougher competition rules - whatever they are.
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If it's the government, a solution would be privatisation.
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Increasing the national minimum wage (only if the new NMW is higher than the wage currently paid to these employees).
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Proportion of workers for a firm who are members of that union.
•
Available funds.
•
Public support.
•
Degree of disruption industrial action creates.
•
Lower the rate of unemployment.
•
Degree to which legislation favours unions over employers.
1.
Toughen anti-union legislation.
2.
Strengthening employers' powers by reducing competition legislation - if companies gain labour market share, they will have a larger power to influence the wage rate.
3.
Trade unions themselves can create productivity agreements - whereby, the employer would agree to raise the wage rate, so long as workers train and improve their skills. Because of this gain of skills, the demand for this labour will increase, as their MRP would have increased due to higher productivity - so it will simply be a shift right in the demand curve for labour - raising wages and not creating unemployment.
•
Enforcing more competition by enforcing tougher competition rules - whatever they are.
•
If it's the government, a solution would be privatisation.
•
Increasing the national minimum wage (only if the new NMW is higher than the wage currently paid to these employees).
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