The IGCSE Economics syllabus requires you to:

  • describe trade unions and their role in an economy;

Watch the following videos and answer these questions:

  1. What roles do Trade Unions have in the economy – what do they do?
  2. What are the possible advantages of Trade Unions?
  3. Detecting bias – Are these videos in favour of unions? or against?

Now research some of the possible arguments against Trade Unions from an economic perspective …