Question

PART A: TRUE OR FALSE: Each question is worth one mark 1. A unionized employee who has been wrongly terminated must be rehired if the employer is so directed by the courts. 2. The decline of union membership is more dramatic in the USA than Canada. 3. Some employers attempt to avoid unionization by paying non-union employees wages that are equivalent to wages paid to unionized employees. 4. When a union attempts to organize employees, regardless of jurisdiction, a certification vote must be held. 5. Collective agreements can provide that employees are required to become union members. 6. Some public sector workers have the right to strike, even when other members of the same union and bargaining unit are deemed "essential services". 7. Unifor is the largest private sector union in Canada. 8. The major role of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) is to bargain collectively on behalf of federal government civil servants. 9 In BC. if an employer wants to have a collective agreement with a particular union it can do so, even if the employees did not vote to be represented by that union. 10. It is possible, in BC, for a union to be certified to represent members of a bargaining unit even if a majority of members do not vote to be represented by the union. 11. The terms and conditions of employment of a unionized employee are specified in the collective agreement. 12. A union will be decertified if at least 45% of the employees in the bargaining unit vote against union representation in a secret ballot conducted by the BC Labour Relations Board. 13. If an employer commits an alleged violation of the Human Right Code of BC, the union can file a grievance even if the provision is not specified in the collective agreement. 14. The premise of a union avoidance strategy is that employees will not turn to a union if they are treated fairly. 15. The extent of unionization of the industry in which a firm competes influences a firm's labour relations strategy. 16. Governments become involved in labour relations in order to regulate outcomes and processes. 17. Employment standards legislation provides rules regarding a union obtaining the right to represent employees, and regulates the rights of employers during a union organizing campaign. 18. Labour relations legislation establishes minimum terms of employment. 19. A retail store with locations in more than one province is regulated by the Canada Labour Code 20. All employees and unions in a particular province are regulated by the labour relations legislation of the province.

Answer 1

1. True. Court order has constitutional status and must be adhered to.
2. True. USA has more dramatic decline of union membership as Canada decline is slower than USA.
3. True. Any wages are paid to avoid union backlash
4. True: A certification is necessary in all states for a union.