Exam 12: Comparative Labor Relations

Voluntarism is an institutionalized system of employee voice in which employees are entitled to participate in workplace decision-making.

Under Great Britain's Labor relations laws, the action of unions and employers are largely:

While globalization, decentralization and the need for greater flexibility are important pressures in U.S. industrial relations, they are relatively unimportant issues for most other industrialized countries.

What is comparative labor relations and why is it important for developing a broader understanding of labor relations?

Which of the following is less likely to occur under the Canadian labor relations system than the U.S. and system?

In Mexico, protection of materials during a strike is the responsibility of the:

Mexican workers have more rights under law than U.S. workers.

Since the 1980s, China's economic system has been transitioning from.

Traditionally, all workers in Japan enjoy the security of lifetime employment which prohibits employee layoffs.

Irish labor relations are greatly influenced by the labor relations system in _______________________________.

Another name for sector bargaining might be:

Ireland's system of centralized bargaining through social partnership addresses broad social and economic concerns rather than more immediate economic or workplace agreements.

The Trades Disputes Act of Great Britain gives labor unions immunity from lawsuits over breach of contract and striking.

The traditional goal of the Swedish labor movement was a _________________________ that addressed equal pay for equal work across companies.

For a German works council to be put in place, a labor union must have won representation rights of workers at a given company.

Government-controlled unions in Mexico are referred to as _______________________________ unions.

Japanese labor law was modeled after the ___________________ system of labor relations.

Which of the following best describes German consultation rights?

Enforcement of China's collective bargaining and dispute resolution laws has been weak and inconsistent across locations.

_________________________ predicts that labor relations practices and policies across countries will become more and more alike as globalization continues.