Scenario 14.1 Boat Xpress, a Canadian Shipping Firm, Has Been Treating Employees

Multiple Choice

Scenario 14.1
Boat Xpress, a Canadian shipping firm, has been treating employees unfairly for decades. Employees work full-time hours but are hired as part-timers with no benefits other than 4 percent vacation pay. Health and safety standards are nonexistent, and the list goes on. Employees have tried to organize before, but management fired them and threatened the remaining workers. A new employee decided that the working conditions are intolerable and wants to get other employees organized in order to obtain union representation. All employees now believe that their interests will be better served with collective agreements.
-Refer to Scenario 14.1. Employees are very concerned about the repercussions of the company finding out that they are seeking union representation. Boat Xpress can legally do which of the following?

A) attend union meetings and spy on employees
B) threaten or terminate employees because of their union affiliation or beliefs
C) change the working conditions of employees because they actively work for the union
D) voluntarily recognize and accept a union