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

The rationales for the various provinces' public sector dispute resolution methods are almost always consistent and clearly related to the essentiality of the work performed by different groups of workers.

What's probably the major reason for the recent increase in public sector unions' publicity campaigns?

Which of the following was not a contributing factor to the rapid growth of public service unions under the PSSRA?

In what ways did public sector unions express their growing dissatisfaction with government policies after 1975?

What are some of the major union differences between public and private sector unions?

What are the major justifications for different generally more restrictive)dispute resolution methods in the public sector?

The most important concern aggravating the situation of public sector bargaining is which one of the following?

The new union members who signed up as a result of the PSSRA and other public sector legislation differed from their private sector counterparts in all but which one of the following ways?

What is the rationale for Canada's highly inconsistent system of public sector bargaining?

Which region was hardest hit by the cut in federal transfer payments?

What are some of the major employee differences between the public and private sectors,and how have they affected public sector bargaining,both historically and currently?

A particularly serious problem with conventional interest arbitration,used regularly,is that

Unilateral action by provincial governments in the 1990s were a main source of pubilc service workers' discontent.

During the 1980s,the attack on public sector unions went farthest in which of the following provinces?

Canadian jurisdictions' public sector legislation differs significantly,from jurisdiction to jurisdiction,with respect to all but which one of the following?

The rapid evolution of public sector bargaining in Canada came about more or less painlessly.

The Ontario government has,since 1995,allowed the interest arbitration process to operate freely

The major reason why private sector workers normally receive collective bargaining rights sooner than public sector workers is that

All but which one of the following factors caused federal government employees to question the value of association- consultation and to try to join conventional unions?

There appears to be little difference between public and private sector managers with respect to their degree of job satisfaction.