HRIR 3450 - CHAPTER 1 EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH ALL CORRECT
ANSWERS
Why was the 1919 strike significant - Answer-May have ended any further attempts to
establish a more radical labour movement in Canada
Why was the case of Toronto Electric Power Commission vs. Snyder important? -
Answer-The federal government's authority to enact the Industrial Disputes Investigation
Act was challenged.
Firmly established a divided jurisdiction for Canadian labour relations.
Until when did most public sector workers in Canada not have the right to unionize? -
Answer-Until the mid 1960s
By the early 1970s... - Answer-The provinces had enacted public sector collective
bargaining legislation, with some jurisdictions providing for arbitration instead of the right
to strike.
Collective bargaining rights for public service employees indirectly let too... - Answer-
The unionization of white collar and professional employees in the private sector. Some
private sector professional employees pursued unionization after they witnessed the
gains made by public sector employees.
How did the granting of bargaining rights to the public sector employees effect total
union membership and the composition of the labour movement? - Answer-From 1964 -
1969 Union membership almost doubled
What are the core elements of labour relations? - Answer-Unions organizing
discontented employees
The negotiation of collective agreements
Administration of those agreements during their terms.
Who is John Dunlop? - Answer-He was a labour economist who taught at Harvard from
1938 - 1984.
He served as an influential post World War II figure in government and industrial
relations.
, What was one of John Dunlop's key contributions? - Answer-the Industrial Relations
Systems Model.
IR System Critiques - Answer-Underestimated the role of conflict in the system
Challenged Dunlop's assumption of shared ideology among the actors. (Since the
1980s some American managers have not shared an ideology with unions, and in fact
have attempted to eliminate them.
Has Dunlop's model served as a starting point for other models of labour relations? -
Answer-Yes
Elements of Dunlop's IR Systems Model
Actors or Parties - Answer-Employers
Unions representing workers
Government and its agencies
Elements of Dunlop's IR Systems Model
Context - Answer-Forces that influenced the demands on and interactions between the
actors.
Ex. - Technology, The product and factor markets, the power balance between the
actors
Elements of Dunlop's IR Systems Model
Web of Rules - Answer-Three sets of rules that applied to labour relations:
Rules determined by the employer
Rules created within the negotiated collective agreement
Rules created by government and its agencies
Elements of Dunlop's IR Systems Model
Binding Ideology - Answer-In Canada and the US, this ideology includes and agreed to
general acceptance by the actors of capitalism and of unions as legitimate
representatives of employees.
Five elements of Craig's "Open Systems" Framework - Answer-The environment that
may directly or indirectly influence all other aspects of the model
QUESTIONS WITH ALL CORRECT
ANSWERS
Why was the 1919 strike significant - Answer-May have ended any further attempts to
establish a more radical labour movement in Canada
Why was the case of Toronto Electric Power Commission vs. Snyder important? -
Answer-The federal government's authority to enact the Industrial Disputes Investigation
Act was challenged.
Firmly established a divided jurisdiction for Canadian labour relations.
Until when did most public sector workers in Canada not have the right to unionize? -
Answer-Until the mid 1960s
By the early 1970s... - Answer-The provinces had enacted public sector collective
bargaining legislation, with some jurisdictions providing for arbitration instead of the right
to strike.
Collective bargaining rights for public service employees indirectly let too... - Answer-
The unionization of white collar and professional employees in the private sector. Some
private sector professional employees pursued unionization after they witnessed the
gains made by public sector employees.
How did the granting of bargaining rights to the public sector employees effect total
union membership and the composition of the labour movement? - Answer-From 1964 -
1969 Union membership almost doubled
What are the core elements of labour relations? - Answer-Unions organizing
discontented employees
The negotiation of collective agreements
Administration of those agreements during their terms.
Who is John Dunlop? - Answer-He was a labour economist who taught at Harvard from
1938 - 1984.
He served as an influential post World War II figure in government and industrial
relations.
, What was one of John Dunlop's key contributions? - Answer-the Industrial Relations
Systems Model.
IR System Critiques - Answer-Underestimated the role of conflict in the system
Challenged Dunlop's assumption of shared ideology among the actors. (Since the
1980s some American managers have not shared an ideology with unions, and in fact
have attempted to eliminate them.
Has Dunlop's model served as a starting point for other models of labour relations? -
Answer-Yes
Elements of Dunlop's IR Systems Model
Actors or Parties - Answer-Employers
Unions representing workers
Government and its agencies
Elements of Dunlop's IR Systems Model
Context - Answer-Forces that influenced the demands on and interactions between the
actors.
Ex. - Technology, The product and factor markets, the power balance between the
actors
Elements of Dunlop's IR Systems Model
Web of Rules - Answer-Three sets of rules that applied to labour relations:
Rules determined by the employer
Rules created within the negotiated collective agreement
Rules created by government and its agencies
Elements of Dunlop's IR Systems Model
Binding Ideology - Answer-In Canada and the US, this ideology includes and agreed to
general acceptance by the actors of capitalism and of unions as legitimate
representatives of employees.
Five elements of Craig's "Open Systems" Framework - Answer-The environment that
may directly or indirectly influence all other aspects of the model
