1. Wendy: What is a trade union?

2. Cilla: Well, there is a definition of what a trade [1] a) Britain b) protect c) union is, which is that it's a voluntary association, and by that it means that people come [2] a) aware b) interests c) terms d) together to [3] a) aware b) protect c) union their own [4] a) changed b) interests c) terms d) union and to work [5] a) Britain b) together c) union for the [6] a) interests b) together c) union d) good of not just themselves but for each other and that's the important part of being in a trade [7] a) Britain b) together c) union , it's not just about you but it's about you working with other people.

3. [8] a) aware b) Britain c) union d) People is very interesting in [9] a) interests b) terms c) union d) Britain of its trade unionism because the trade unions came out of what we call, the old, skilled crafts about 150 years ago and they were really people who got [10] a) changed b) together c) union to [11] a) changed b) protect c) together d) protects their wages so that they wouldn't be undercut by new technologies and new types of workers.

4. But now, unions have really [12] a) aware b) aware c) changed d) union their role. It's really important that people are [13] a) aware b) changed c) protect d) union that, are [14] a) aware b) Britain c) together that they have a right to join a trade [15] a) interests b) union . As you might imagine, or understand, y'know, trade unionism has waxed and waned in [16] a) changed b) terms c) together of it's popularity. On the eve of the 1st World War over half the population in [17] a) Britain b) England c) changed d) together were in a trade [18] a) Britain b) protect c) together d) union , you just were in a trade [19] a) terms b) union c) family d) man . Now it's down to about 7 million people, which is a massive drop.

5. Wendy: That's about 10%.

6. Cilla: Yeah, 10 to 11% of people. And that's happened for a number of reasons; one is that the sort of industries that people used to work in that were always heavily unionised like mines, steel-work and so on, and the mills, they declined, Britain's [20] a) aware b) changed c) terms d) together .