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IDRL 215 EXAM PREP | FREQUENTLY TESTED
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS |
BRAND NEW!
What factors are most important in determining the success of
an organizing drive? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Factors most important
in determining the success of an organizing campaign include
a) demographic of situational factors in individual workplaces
and can be more influential on success rates than union's actions
(ex: if the workplace has a high percent of minorities)
b) employee involvement with the campaign
What was the primary position of the state towards unions
before WWII? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > The state was primarily against
unions before WWII because the state wanted to limit the power
which
workers had and limit the power of the unions because if they
gave power or notice to unions then the
state and employers would have to negotiate better workdays
and hours with the employees which would
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cost them money and time. But when workers started to riot and
not allow the government to shut them
down, they were making national change which was something
the state could not ignore so they started
to rework legislation to appease workers and more importantly
unions.
Is the state a neutral party in labour relations? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer
> The state is not a neutral party in labour relations because it
stands to profit from neoliberal policies that favour capital. The
state plays the role of an employer, which means there is a
power imbalance in favour of the state.
How does the way the state fulfills each role affect the dynamics
of labour relations? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Each role is connected to
one another. A pro-labour government might promote pro-union
views by enacting legislation. Because the state changes
legislation, often to its own benefit, they are given even more
power as an employer, further hindering public sector labour
relations.
Identify the key regulative actions the state takes. How do these
actions restrict or expand the scope of the labour relations
system? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > The state regulates minimum
standard laws relevant to minimum wage, work hours, statutory
holidays, vacation days, termination, paternal leave, human rights
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legislation, pay and employment equity legislation, and unjust
dismissal law.
When the government institutes regulations that address issues
outside of the workplace, the scope of labour relations changes
from a small and particular series of issues to become a broader
understanding of the internal and external forces that impact
labour relations.
What are the five ideological perspectives of labour relations? -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 1) Neoliberal
2) Managerialist
3) Orthodox Pluralist
4) Liberal reformist
5) Radical
Which of the perspectives is seen as the dominant perspective in
Canadian labour relations today? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Unitarism - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > (Neo-liberal and managerialist
perspectives)
Views employment as an economic contract between two free
and equal parties.
IDRL 215 EXAM PREP | FREQUENTLY TESTED
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS |
BRAND NEW!
What factors are most important in determining the success of
an organizing drive? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Factors most important
in determining the success of an organizing campaign include
a) demographic of situational factors in individual workplaces
and can be more influential on success rates than union's actions
(ex: if the workplace has a high percent of minorities)
b) employee involvement with the campaign
What was the primary position of the state towards unions
before WWII? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > The state was primarily against
unions before WWII because the state wanted to limit the power
which
workers had and limit the power of the unions because if they
gave power or notice to unions then the
state and employers would have to negotiate better workdays
and hours with the employees which would
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cost them money and time. But when workers started to riot and
not allow the government to shut them
down, they were making national change which was something
the state could not ignore so they started
to rework legislation to appease workers and more importantly
unions.
Is the state a neutral party in labour relations? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer
> The state is not a neutral party in labour relations because it
stands to profit from neoliberal policies that favour capital. The
state plays the role of an employer, which means there is a
power imbalance in favour of the state.
How does the way the state fulfills each role affect the dynamics
of labour relations? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Each role is connected to
one another. A pro-labour government might promote pro-union
views by enacting legislation. Because the state changes
legislation, often to its own benefit, they are given even more
power as an employer, further hindering public sector labour
relations.
Identify the key regulative actions the state takes. How do these
actions restrict or expand the scope of the labour relations
system? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > The state regulates minimum
standard laws relevant to minimum wage, work hours, statutory
holidays, vacation days, termination, paternal leave, human rights
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legislation, pay and employment equity legislation, and unjust
dismissal law.
When the government institutes regulations that address issues
outside of the workplace, the scope of labour relations changes
from a small and particular series of issues to become a broader
understanding of the internal and external forces that impact
labour relations.
What are the five ideological perspectives of labour relations? -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 1) Neoliberal
2) Managerialist
3) Orthodox Pluralist
4) Liberal reformist
5) Radical
Which of the perspectives is seen as the dominant perspective in
Canadian labour relations today? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Unitarism - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > (Neo-liberal and managerialist
perspectives)
Views employment as an economic contract between two free
and equal parties.
