Exam 18: Labour Unions and Collective Bargaining

The fair employment section of the Canada Labour Code prohibits an employer from doing which of the following during the hiring process?

Which of the following is a union composed of workers who share the same skill or work in the same profession?

The first step in most grievance procedures is to hire an arbitrator to organize and oversee the grievance process.

Which of the following is the process by which representatives of labour and management attempt to negotiate a mutually acceptable labour agreement?

A lockout is a work stoppage initiated by workers when they see that the company will not agree to their demands.

Rather than resort to strikes and lockouts when workers cannot agree with employers, the two sides may decide to bring in a neutral third party. This their party person is called a picketer.

The union representing hourly workers at the Hillsburgh Auto Plant is gearing up for negotiations. The negotiating team is working on a list of demands. They intend to use whatever tactics are necessary to get the company to accept these demands. For its part, the management team plans to push hard to get the union to give up many of its benefits in order to cut costs. The attitudes of the two sides suggest this negotiating process will be an example of which of the following?

Jeff Ristos is a member of his union's collective bargaining team, and Sharon Balliol is on the management's bargaining team. As part of the negotiating process, Jeff and Sharon are working together to find ways to provide workers with more flexible work schedules and improve worker productivity. They hope to combine these two goals to create a win-win solution that can be incorporated into the new labour contract. This approach suggests that the two sides are using a tactic known as distributive bargaining.

Which of the following involves bringing in an outsider who attempts to help two sides of a dispute reach an agreement?

Which of the following provide services to their local unions, including legal advice and leadership training, and also provide assistance to locals during collective bargaining?

A craft union consists of workers who possess the same skill or are in the same profession.

Many heavily unionized industries in North America have lost jobs due to factors such as automation and steadily increasing foreign competition.

What is a labour union? What are the two basic ways that unions can be organized?

Which of the following is a complaint made by a worker accusing the employer of violating the terms of a collective bargaining agreement?

Describe the four main areas the Canada Labour Code addresses. Provide an example for each.

Unions representing workers in construction trades and the National Hockey League Players' Association are examples of which of the following?

Under federal laws governing the process of collective bargaining, how are topics dealing with wages, benefits, and working conditions best described?

Arun Sharma is a member of his union's collective bargaining team, and Beverly Shin is on the management's bargaining team. As part of the negotiating process, Arun and Beverly are working together to find solutions to some difficult issues involving the health care benefits the company offers employees. They hope to create a win-win solution that can be incorporated into the new labour contract. This suggests that the collective bargaining process is taking which type of approach?

Explain how labour contracts are negotiated. Disagreements about documents as long and complex as labour contracts are not unusual. Name and describe the procedure workers can follow if they feel their employer has not lived up to the collective bargaining agreement.

What have studies concerning the impact of unions on labour productivity shown?