Exam 10: Labour Relations and Collective Bargaining

Typically,arbitrators use four factors when deciding cases.Discuss these four key factors and whether they are the only factors used when arbitrators decide cases.

What is the written document prepared by management that includes a contingency operating plan in case of a strike?

What is the major reason for employees to join a union?

Which management rights concept is indicated by an article in the collective agreement that lists the various rights of management?

What is the practice of an employer who makes an offer directly to unionized employees deemed to be?

A yellow-dog contract was an early anti-union tactic whereby employers circulated the names of known union supporters so they wouldn't be hired.

What must the grievance arbitrator do after listening to a dispute over administration of the collective agreement?

How long do the terms of a collective agreement normally apply for?

The Tom-Mack Corporation would be exercising its residual rights by unilaterally setting the price for the firm's products.

What is the neutral third-party role that suggests compromises or concessions to the parties that have reached a bargaining deadlock?

The first Canadian labour relations legislation,the Trades Union Act,was passed by parliament in 1872.

What are the three categories of proposals one side makes during negotiation?

Briefly describe the six steps in the organization process.

The operation of a grievance procedure is unique to each individual's collective bargaining relationship and is not required under Canadian Labour Relations codes.

Distributive bargaining is based on the identification and resolution of mutual interests rather than the resolve of specific bargaining demands.

Employers can interfere with the union certification process.

In most jurisdictions,mediation is compulsory prior to a strike or lockout.

Scenario 10.1: Big Business,Big Union A union drive at the Weyburn,Saskatchewan Walmart,by the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW),has been involved in lengthy court battles resulting from continuing unresolved matters between these two organizations for a decade.The UFCW,one of Canada's largest unions,first applied to the Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board (SLRB)to represent the Weyburn Saskatchewan Walmart workers in 2004.The union was certified in 2008,but it was overturned in court.Then in 2010,the Court of Appeal upheld the earlier decision.In December 2010,a de-certification vote by the Walmart employees was held,which is now at the Court of Appeal to see if the votes will be counted.While the union has been certified,it has yet to achieve a first collective agreement.Recently the Walmart store in Weyburn,Saskatchewan,has been found guilty of unfair labour practices by the SLRB and has been charged with interfering with the union's efforts to communicate with the workers. -Please refer to Scenario 10.1.What is the labour relations board in Saskatchewan generally responsible for?

Scenario 10.1: Big Business,Big Union A union drive at the Weyburn,Saskatchewan Walmart,by the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW),has been involved in lengthy court battles resulting from continuing unresolved matters between these two organizations for a decade.The UFCW,one of Canada's largest unions,first applied to the Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board (SLRB)to represent the Weyburn Saskatchewan Walmart workers in 2004.The union was certified in 2008,but it was overturned in court.Then in 2010,the Court of Appeal upheld the earlier decision.In December 2010,a de-certification vote by the Walmart employees was held,which is now at the Court of Appeal to see if the votes will be counted.While the union has been certified,it has yet to achieve a first collective agreement.Recently the Walmart store in Weyburn,Saskatchewan,has been found guilty of unfair labour practices by the SLRB and has been charged with interfering with the union's efforts to communicate with the workers. -Please refer to Scenario 10.1.The labour relations board has asked the union and Walmart to negotiate the terms and conditions of employment for the Weyburn Walmart store.What would this negotiated contract be called?

The umbrella organization that unions have formed in Canada is called the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC).