HRIR 3450 EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS
GRADED A+
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
2. Craft protects exclusive jurisdictions, and adopts exclusionary principles. Industrial is
universal and inclusive of all skilled and unskilled workers
3. Craft: "business unionism". Industrial: "social unionism"
Labour Legislation timeline - Answer-1872: Trade Union Act & Criminal Amendment Act
1877: Breaches of Contract Act & Repeal of Master and Servant Act
1907: IDI Act
1935: Wagner Act (US)
1944: PC 1003
Trade union act - Answer-legalized trade unions by freeing them from common law
liabilities of restraint trade, limiting protection to unions
provided the legal basis of freedom of association in Canada
Criminal law amendment act - Answer-gave a right to strike but restricted the exercise
of that right to peaceful actions that did not coerce the employer or prevent him for
carrying on his business
provided the legal basis of freedom of association in Canada
Breaches of Contract Act - Answer-made a breach of contract (unfulfilled contract) of
service no longer a crime
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS
GRADED A+
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
2. Craft protects exclusive jurisdictions, and adopts exclusionary principles. Industrial is
universal and inclusive of all skilled and unskilled workers
3. Craft: "business unionism". Industrial: "social unionism"
Labour Legislation timeline - Answer-1872: Trade Union Act & Criminal Amendment Act
1877: Breaches of Contract Act & Repeal of Master and Servant Act
1907: IDI Act
1935: Wagner Act (US)
1944: PC 1003
Trade union act - Answer-legalized trade unions by freeing them from common law
liabilities of restraint trade, limiting protection to unions
provided the legal basis of freedom of association in Canada
Criminal law amendment act - Answer-gave a right to strike but restricted the exercise
of that right to peaceful actions that did not coerce the employer or prevent him for
carrying on his business
provided the legal basis of freedom of association in Canada
Breaches of Contract Act - Answer-made a breach of contract (unfulfilled contract) of
service no longer a crime
