Exam 12: Comparative Labor Relations

Which of the following is not a benefit associated with some form of social partnership in labor relations?

When a works council has been granted codetermination rights, the employer must work with it to determine work rules, discipline, daily work hours, and other conditions of employment.

The _______________________________ thesis predicts that labor relations practices and policies across countries will converge to a common set of practices and policies and national differences will disappear.

Australian unions have traditionally been:

The labor relations system of Germany is best known for its system of ____________________.

Across the world, labor relations systems are converging to a common set of policies and practices.

Current issues facing the labor movement in Great Britain include:

In the Soviet Union _______________________________ unionism created two roles for unions: to facilitate the state's production goals and to protect individual workers from abusive managers.

The U.S. emphasis on exclusive representation and majority support is often imitated outside of North America.

The Irish system of labor relations was built on the U.S. model following World War II.

A key feature of the labor-management relations in France is the stability of the social partnership arrangement between labor, management, and the government.

Historically the labor movement in Great Britain has been closely tied to:

Company dominated unions are a particular problem for Mexican Labor relations.

Until 1980, the most notable feature of Ireland's labor relations system was:

In Great Britain, collective bargaining agreements are not legally binding.

Mexico's Labor Laws are:

German works councils have the right to information about the firm's financial situation, including investing and marketing plans.

Which of the following trends in labor relations is not shared across countries?

In Japan, the system of enterprise unionism is one in which a union represents workers in a single:

French labor law includes industry level agreements that can be extended to all companies in the industry regardless of the bargaining unit size.