Chapter 8 - Collective Agreements
Chapter 9 - Strikes & Dispute Resolution
Chapter 10 - Impacts of Unionization
Chapter 11 - Public Sector Issues
Chapter 12 - Globalization of Labour Markets
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Establishes clear rules, procedures, workplace practices and relationships between parties.
What is a collective agreement.
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Disagreement arising in connection with a collective agreement, entering, renewing, or revising.
What is an industrial dispute.
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Increased costs and protection shocks management into stricter management practices and improved efficiency measures.
What is shock effect.
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A statistic that represents all of the employees, both union and nonunion, covered by a collective agreement as a percentage of the labour force.
What is a collective bargaining coverage.
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International movement over past twenty years, integrate world economies, global markets do not always ensure benefits of efficiency are shared by all.
What is globalization.
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Cover page, Table of Contents, Articles, Clauses, Appendixes and Letters of Understanding makes up?
What is the layout of the collective agreement.
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1) employees perform only to minimum standard required 2) illegal strike during the term of the collective agreement 3) a work stoppage invoked by management What are the 3 types of industrial disputes?
What is 1) work to rule, 2) wildcat strikes, 3) lockout.
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Enables employees to express discontent.
What is collective voice.
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The lack of bargaining flexibility caused by the parties fear that a concession made in negotiations will reduce the arbitration outcome.
What is chilling effect.
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Which one of the following is a problem of globalization? a. pay equity b. employment equity c. foreign governments competing for investment d. a large increase in the prices of goods and services traded internationally
What is c - foreign governments competing for investment.
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Retains all rights held before unionization except those changed by the agreement.
What is management residual rights.
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Frustration-aggression, economic factors, management indifferences are examples of?
What is strike causes.
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1) increase in union wages result in decreases in nonunion wages. 2) nonunion employers increase wages to avoid unionization, more common.
What is 1) spilover effect, 2) what is threat effect.
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What is the approximate union density in the Canadian public sector? What is the proportion of public-sector workers to private-sector workers in Canada?
What is 70% and 1:3.
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What is the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?
What is.. - free trade agreement between Canada, USA, Mexico signed in 1994 - included labour side agreement – North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation
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Conditions of work, Organization of work, Labour relations processes, Education, training, and development and Rights of parties are all examples of?
What is common types of clauses within a collective agreement.
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The 4 steps within the grievance procedure include?
What is 1) employee, supervisor written, 2) next level of management/union reviews, 3) executive level review, several members present, 4) third party intervention.
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List and describe the 3 impacts of unionization on employee measures.
What is 1) organizational commitment: an employee's commitment to the organization. 2) Union satisfaction: an employee's assessment of his or her union experience. 3) Union commitment: an employee's commitment to his or her union.
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What is the role of government in collective bargaining with public-sector unions in Canada?
What is a neutral third party and employer.
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Describe the 3 theories of globalization.
What is... 1) Free market globalization 2) Institutional globalization 3) Integration of free market and institutional globalization
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1) equity clause references legislation 2) equity clause specifies which groups are covered 3) same-sex partners receiving the same benefits as opposite-sex partners List the 3 forms of reference?
What is 1) legislative reference, 2) explicit reference, 3) same-sex benefits issue.
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The most common form of arbitration, three member board, neutral chairperson. What form of arbitration is this?
What is tripartite Arbitration.
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Your friend John owns a coffee shop that recently unionized. He asks you how unionization will affect the business’s profitability, productivity, pay, and selection practices. Briefly outline your response to John.
What is.... 1) Profitability – will likely decrease 2) Productivity – will likely improve slightly 3) Pay – will increase 4) Selection practices – will become more formal and will be based on seniority
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Name three factors that account for the rise of public-sector unions in the 1960s.
What is 1) Social upheaval – civil rights and anti-war movements, strike by black sanitation workers, including Dr. Martin Luther King. The main issues in the 1968 black sanitation workers’ strike were union recognition, unsafe working conditions, low wages. 2) Growth in public services – system of community colleges in Canada 3) Union mergers 4) Relative absence of employer competition
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Name and explain two challenges for Canadian labour related to the falling union density rate in Canada.
What is... 1) Democratization – unions must take steps to enhance internal democracy to engage their members and develop capacities. Internal democracy plays an important role in unions coping with globalization. 2) Leadership and Alternative Vision – most unions support universal visions, such as health care, education, women’s rights, minorities rights, etc. Unions must develop these visions to increase union support. Union leadership is crucial as well, because it helps involve members in situations and helps problem-solve and carry on with vision. 3) Organizing – organizing new members is important for effective bargaining and developing union culture. Also, more centralized bargaining structures to reduce servicing costs. 4) Contingent workers – one third of Canadian workers are employed in nonstandard work arrangements. The IR model is ill equipped to provide these workers with collective bargaining.
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