Exam 12: Summary and Future of Labour Relations

A firm has been unionized and a first collective agreement has been negotiated.The agreement provides for a union shop,protects bargaining unit work,and contains an article regarding technological change.Which of the following is the least likely to be affected by the collective agreement:

Employee involvement:

Which of the following is the most correct regarding the effects of unions on the wages and employment of non-union employees?

An employer plans on introducing an employee involvement program outside of the collective agreement.Which of the following is correct?

It has been found that in some organizations unions increase productivity.Explain three reasons why unions may increase productivity.

Which of the following is not a feature of job control unionism?

Salting is a union organizing tactic that involves using rank-and-file members as temporary organizers.

The crowding effect:

Explain the barriers to employee involvement in a unionized workplace and elaborate on how these barriers could be overcome.

Employee involvement programs could allow workers to obtain skills which they will make use of away from the workplace.

Decentralized bargaining has been cited as one of the factors that reduce the chances of a union revival.

The following are possible barriers to an employee involvement program: the parties' relationship,attitudes of union leaders,and reduced job satisfaction.

Union leaders sometimes oppose employee involvement programs because they fear that employees will be required to work harder for the same compensation.

Research has confirmed that all employee involvement programs lead to increases in productivity.

Some observers have called for increased union-management co-operation.Discuss the barriers that will have to be overcome to increase union-management co-operation.

Which of the following is correct regarding the effect of unions on productivity?

Unions cannot encourage employees to boycott an employee involvement program if the result is a reduction in output.

Describe what you perceive as the three most significant effects of unionization for employers.

In some studies it has been found that unionization increases productivity.

A union may agree to participate in an employee involvement program and this agreement is always separate from and outside of the collective agreement.