Exam 12: Comparative Labor Relations

The fundamental purpose of German co-determination is to provide national stability and consistency in labor contracts.

Labor relations is becoming more diverse around the world because of ____________________.

While collective bargaining agreements in France are generally weak when compared to U.S. agreements, this is offset by:

Under French labor laws, collective bargaining takes place solely at the company level.

The All-China Federation of Trade Unions traditional responsibilities focused on:

Which of the following types of labor relations systems generally are not found in Asian developing countries?

How levels of support for unionization, lack of a socialist movement, legal protection of individuals rather than unions, and intense employer resistance to unions has led some to claim that U.S. labor relations are ________________.

A German ____________________ is a workplace-level committee of employees elected to represent all of the workers in dealings with management.

In 1980 Lech Walesa led 17,000 Polish workers to conduct a sit-down strike to demand the right to form free labor unions independent of the Communist Party. This has become known as the ____________________________ movement.

Explain the concept of codetermination and works councils as they apply to German labor relations.

The decline in union density in Great Britain can be attributed to:

Although more of a social movement in the past, Canadian unions are moving toward the American business unionism model.

Strikes and independent unions were illegal in the Soviet Union.

Shunto refers to an annual wage negotiation process in Japan where uniform wage increases across companies are bargained.

Describe the relationship between Japanese and U.S. labor relations. What are the important features of the Japanese labor relations system and how does the system differ from that of the U.S.?

Due to the effects of globalization, national level labor relations policies and practices are becoming increasingly irrelevant.

Malaysian law might appear to allow collective bargaining, but the reality of the situation is that government control can be used to keep unions weak, similar to the situation in:

Since the 1980s, Australian labor relations has become more centralized, focused more on national labor policy than on individual company-level bargaining.

Labor unions in Mexico are largely controlled by:

French law mandates exclusive representation as a condition of collective bargaining.