HRIR 3450 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
How workers join unions: pre-existing conditions of employment (3) - Answer-1. New
employee is hired in a unionized workplace
2. existing employee is transferred or promoted to a position already unionized
3. Mandated by government statute
3 things workers want from unions (survey) - Answer-1. bread and butter issues
2. fairness/equity/democracy
3. greater participation in management decision-making that affect them
Explain the Young Workers and Unions- Lowe and Rastin study (2000) - Answer-- at
time of graduation high school and university students are neutral about joining unions
- 3 years after graduation: most HS grads and more likely, and most university grads
are less likely
Explain Young Workers and Unions- Gomez et al study (2000) - Answer-- desire for
union memberships higher in youth than adult workers
- less likely for youths to support seniority clause
- youths 3X more likely to favour unions if a family member is part of a union
Factors affecting propensity to unionize (4) - Answer-1. Job dissatisfaction
2. Perceived union instrumentality
3. Preconceived views about unions
4. Self-image
Factors affecting opportunity to unionize (4) - Answer-1. Type of industry and location
(healthcare, education, trades, construction)
2. Characteristics of individual union
3. Public- policy setting (labour laws)
4. Degree of employer position
JIC - Answer-Joint Industrial Committees: union alternative
- represents both employees and managers
Themes is Canadian Labour History (3) - Answer-1. union evolution
2. economic development
3. labour legislation
, Timeline for economic development from merchant to industrial capital - Answer-...1850:
merchant capitalism
1851...: Industrial Capitalism
Timeline for economic development- industrial capitalism - Answer-1878: Taylorism-
obtaining maximum efficiency in industrial work by breaking jobs into their component
parts and through repitition
1905: Fordism- Taylorism but with machinery, introduced the assembly line
1945: Fordism-Keynesianism- mass production mixed together with a mass consumer
society (aim: production down and consumption up)
1970: Re-engineering- re-organize labour to raise productivity. uses IT to speed up
production. re-organized due to criteria of efficiency, and predictability
Union Evolution (1798-1919) - Answer-1798: Craft Unions
1850: International unions first appear
1867: Knights of Labour
1883: TLC Formed
1902: Berlin Convention
1905: The Wobblies (IWW)
1919: One big union (OBU)
May 15 1919: Winnipeg General Strike
Craft Unions - Answer-early informal social groups defending their customary practices
and standard of living
Knights of Labour - Answer-organized workers regardless of skill, gender, religion, or
nationality
- industrial unionism
TLC - Answer-Canada's first enduring national labour federation
- forum for rivarly between craft unions and kinghts of labour
The Wobblies (IWW) - Answer-The industrial workers of the world (unskilled immigrant
workers)
One Big Union (OBU) - Answer-ultimate goal: workers' control over essential industries
- lead to the general strike
Winnipeg General Strike - Answer-about collective bargaining and recognition rights
- some saw it as a challenge to the capitalist system
Differences between craft and industrial unionism - Answer-1. Craft uare organized
around specific trades/ skills. Industrial are organized around community of interests
and along industry lines
ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
How workers join unions: pre-existing conditions of employment (3) - Answer-1. New
employee is hired in a unionized workplace
2. existing employee is transferred or promoted to a position already unionized
3. Mandated by government statute
3 things workers want from unions (survey) - Answer-1. bread and butter issues
2. fairness/equity/democracy
3. greater participation in management decision-making that affect them
Explain the Young Workers and Unions- Lowe and Rastin study (2000) - Answer-- at
time of graduation high school and university students are neutral about joining unions
- 3 years after graduation: most HS grads and more likely, and most university grads
are less likely
Explain Young Workers and Unions- Gomez et al study (2000) - Answer-- desire for
union memberships higher in youth than adult workers
- less likely for youths to support seniority clause
- youths 3X more likely to favour unions if a family member is part of a union
Factors affecting propensity to unionize (4) - Answer-1. Job dissatisfaction
2. Perceived union instrumentality
3. Preconceived views about unions
4. Self-image
Factors affecting opportunity to unionize (4) - Answer-1. Type of industry and location
(healthcare, education, trades, construction)
2. Characteristics of individual union
3. Public- policy setting (labour laws)
4. Degree of employer position
JIC - Answer-Joint Industrial Committees: union alternative
- represents both employees and managers
Themes is Canadian Labour History (3) - Answer-1. union evolution
2. economic development
3. labour legislation
, Timeline for economic development from merchant to industrial capital - Answer-...1850:
merchant capitalism
1851...: Industrial Capitalism
Timeline for economic development- industrial capitalism - Answer-1878: Taylorism-
obtaining maximum efficiency in industrial work by breaking jobs into their component
parts and through repitition
1905: Fordism- Taylorism but with machinery, introduced the assembly line
1945: Fordism-Keynesianism- mass production mixed together with a mass consumer
society (aim: production down and consumption up)
1970: Re-engineering- re-organize labour to raise productivity. uses IT to speed up
production. re-organized due to criteria of efficiency, and predictability
Union Evolution (1798-1919) - Answer-1798: Craft Unions
1850: International unions first appear
1867: Knights of Labour
1883: TLC Formed
1902: Berlin Convention
1905: The Wobblies (IWW)
1919: One big union (OBU)
May 15 1919: Winnipeg General Strike
Craft Unions - Answer-early informal social groups defending their customary practices
and standard of living
Knights of Labour - Answer-organized workers regardless of skill, gender, religion, or
nationality
- industrial unionism
TLC - Answer-Canada's first enduring national labour federation
- forum for rivarly between craft unions and kinghts of labour
The Wobblies (IWW) - Answer-The industrial workers of the world (unskilled immigrant
workers)
One Big Union (OBU) - Answer-ultimate goal: workers' control over essential industries
- lead to the general strike
Winnipeg General Strike - Answer-about collective bargaining and recognition rights
- some saw it as a challenge to the capitalist system
Differences between craft and industrial unionism - Answer-1. Craft uare organized
around specific trades/ skills. Industrial are organized around community of interests
and along industry lines
