Exam 8: Labour Relations and Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector

Unions like CUPE,PSAC and PIPSC are sitting idly by and letting provincial and federal governments impose their agendas without significant protest.

The federal government's response to a second wave of inflation in 1982 did not include which of the following?

Wherein lies the irony of Jean Lesage's pronouncement,"The Queen does not negotiate with her subjects"?

No provincial government thus far appears to have come close to finding a solution to the difficulties posed by multilateral bargaining or "phantom bargaining."

Narrowing the scope of bargainable issues generally speeds up the process of public sector collective bargaining.

What's the single most important employer difference between public and private sector bargaining?

Why is the aging of the public sector workforce an aggravating factor in continuing Labour- Management friction?

Public sector expenditure reductions have generally been achieved without significant cuts to the level of public services provided.

Compare the costs of disagreements in the public sector with the cost of disagreements in the private sector.

For which of the following groups is there the strongest policy rationale for eliminating the right to strike?

The most serious impediment to the use of Choice of Procedures is

Since 1991,the number of Canadian workers employed in public administration has

How might the lack of an economic "bottom line" prevent creative public sector bargaining approaches from emerging?

Discuss the impact and importance of the PSSRA.

Most Canadians were unsympathetic to the illegal 1965 postal strike.

BC has taken the least severe measures reducing its civil service to finance tax cuts.

Discuss the term "rightless recovery".

How did the PSSRA set in motion a broader wave of public sector unionization?

Was the 23- year lag between the granting of public and private sector bargaining rights in Canada abnormal,from an international perspective?

How do restrictions on the scope of public sector bargaining hinder the bargaining process?