Exam 14: The Dynamics of Labour Relations

Pickets may further disrupt an employer's business because one union member, such as a truck driver, may refuse to cross the other's picket line.

Strikes, boycotts, lockouts, and plant closures may all be included in which of the following?

What do dues checkoff, the union shop, and the agency shop represent?

What are the primary reasons for employee unionization?

Assume that the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)is representing essential workers in a hospital. The hospital's administration and the union are deadlocked in negotiations. What is a likely solution to this impasse?

An employer's bargaining power may rest on its ability to continue its operations despite a strike by its workers.

Developing likely union proposals, lists of demands, and a contingency plan for operating in the event of a strike are part of which of the following?

Unions influence labour legislation and HR policies and practices.

Compulsory binding arbitration is often available in the public sector as an acceptable way to settle collective bargaining deadlocks.

Which of the following labour organizations is most likely to provide professional and financial assistance during organizing drives and strikes, help negotiate labour agreements, and train union leaders?

In Canada, a majority of unions are certified without a vote if the labour relations board finds that at least 50 percent of employees have signed authorization cards.

What is the term for a neutral third party who resolves labour disputes by issuing a final decision that the parties must accept?

A strike vote by union members does not always mean a strike will take place.

Which of the following groups initiates most organizing campaigns?

What is the arbitrator's responsibility in a dispute?

It is possible for a union to be decertified if the majority of bargaining unit members decide they would rather be represented by another union.

If a manager or supervisor violates a labour law, an appropriate defence is that he or she was not familiar with labour legislation.

Joining a union is a way for employees to put leadership skills to use.

If employers interfere with the union certification process, the labour relations board can recognize a union regardless of the percentage of employees that have signed authorization cards.

Unions that represent various groups of professional and white-collar workers are called industrial unions.