Exam 16: Labour Relations

When expectations of work and the experience of work are in conflict,the desire to join a union is often triggered; this reason for joining a union is referred to as which of the following?

The objective of ________ bargaining is to establish a creative negotiating relationship that benefits labour and management.

Which type of bargaining is characterized by three distinct components: the initial point,the target point,and the resistance point?

Large unions have a number of ________ on staff who are responsible for identifying organizing opportunities and launching organizing campaigns.

Shifting demographics mean that unions need to focus on recruiting younger employees.

When talks are reaching an impasse,unions will often hold a strike vote.

The final step in collective bargaining is

What is the term used to refer to the negotiations that take place between a labour union and an employer?

The right to ________ is legally mandated for workers who are not permitted to strike,such as hospital employees.

Jaime's company has just been unionized by the Canadian Auto Workers.None of the supervisors has worked in a unionized company before and Jaime has to outline the grievance procedure for the supervisors.Provide an outline of the entire grievance/arbitration process for Jaime to use that includes a description of each step.

What is a labour organization of persons performing a specific type of skill or trade called?

Integrative bargaining is an approach that assumes that a win-win solution will always be the outcome of contract negotiations.

Which of the following represents the bargaining zone between Union and Management?

Which bargaining approach is often used when there is a history of distrust and adversarial relations?

Canadian labour laws have two general purposes,which are

Which of the following is an alternative mechanism for certification that is used in situations in which there is evidence of irregularities early in an organizing campaign,such as unfair management practices?

Managers in firms choosing a ________,view the union as the legitimate representative of the firm's employees and such a relationship can lead to innovative initiatives and win-win outcomes.

Which bargaining strategy requires that both management and union negotiators adopt a genuine interest in the joint exploration of creative solutions to common problems?

A lockout involves the employer prohibiting the bargaining unit employees from entering the company premises as a means of putting pressure on the union to agree to the terms and conditions being offered by management.

Conciliation involves