4 questions on The Influence of Trade Unions in Determining Wages and Levels of Employment (AQA specification 1.6.5) from the A-Level Economics papers, 2022–2024. Every question links to the official mark scheme at the page its answer begins on.
The question search could not load. Every question is still listed by topic below, and all the mark scheme links work.
Using the data in Extract D (Table 2), calculate the difference between the mean percentage trade union membership in the private sector and the mean percentage trade union membership in the public sector over the period 2001–2021. Give your answer to one decimal place.
Extract F (lines 12–13) states that ‘Collective pay bargaining, reinforced by the threat of strikes, has achieved some notable successes for workers’. Using the data in the extracts and your knowledge of economics, evaluate the view that trade unions improve the operation of labour markets by protecting the interests of workers.
Evaluate the view that labour markets work best when strong monopsony power is balanced by trade union power.
1.6.4 Wages in Imperfect Labour Markets · 1.6.5 Trade Unions
Extract C (lines 4–5) states that, as a result of trade union action, ‘The hospital trust increased their £8.21 minimum wage to the London Living Wage of £10.75.’ With the help of a diagram, analyse how a trade union might achieve higher pay for its members.
No questions match that search.
Try a broader term — for example monopoly, inflation, exchange rates, externalities or 25 marks.
Past papers show you the question — feedback shows you the marks. Send an essay for examiner-style marking, or work through the topics you keep losing marks on with a specialist tutor.