HRIR 3450 - Chapter 9 Exam 2025
Questions and Answers
Strike - ✔✔Includes a cessation of work or a refusal to work or to continue to work by
employees, in combination, in concert or in accordance with a common understanding,
and a slowdown of work or other concerted activity on the part of employees in relation
to their work that is designed to restrict or limit output
A strike is not limited to a situation where.. - ✔✔Employees walk off the job. It also
includes situations where employees continue to work but restrict output.
Work to rule - ✔✔Campaign is a work slowdown carried out by strictly adhering to
work rules and the collective agreement
Rotating Strikes - ✔✔Occur when employees at different locations alternately stop
working
Purpose of such a strategy is to force concessions without completely shutting down the
employer, and without employees losing all of their income.
A strike is only legal.. - ✔✔At certain times, and if the prerequisites for a strike,
including a strike vote, have been met.
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, A strike during the term of a collective agreement is illegal
Wildcat Strike - ✔✔An illegal strike that has not been authorized by the union
Lock out - ✔✔An employer's refusal to allow unionized employees to work in order to
force the union to agree to certain terms of employment
Two components to a lock out definition - ✔✔First, there must be a suspension of work
or a refusal to employ
Second, there is a requirement that the purpose of the refusal to employ is to compel
employees to agree to terms or conditions of employment
Factors Affecting Strikes - ✔✔Differences in information between union and employer
Economic environment
Bargaining unit characteristics
Internal conflicts within the union or employer
The relationship between the union and the employer
Negotiators' skill and experience
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Questions and Answers
Strike - ✔✔Includes a cessation of work or a refusal to work or to continue to work by
employees, in combination, in concert or in accordance with a common understanding,
and a slowdown of work or other concerted activity on the part of employees in relation
to their work that is designed to restrict or limit output
A strike is not limited to a situation where.. - ✔✔Employees walk off the job. It also
includes situations where employees continue to work but restrict output.
Work to rule - ✔✔Campaign is a work slowdown carried out by strictly adhering to
work rules and the collective agreement
Rotating Strikes - ✔✔Occur when employees at different locations alternately stop
working
Purpose of such a strategy is to force concessions without completely shutting down the
employer, and without employees losing all of their income.
A strike is only legal.. - ✔✔At certain times, and if the prerequisites for a strike,
including a strike vote, have been met.
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, A strike during the term of a collective agreement is illegal
Wildcat Strike - ✔✔An illegal strike that has not been authorized by the union
Lock out - ✔✔An employer's refusal to allow unionized employees to work in order to
force the union to agree to certain terms of employment
Two components to a lock out definition - ✔✔First, there must be a suspension of work
or a refusal to employ
Second, there is a requirement that the purpose of the refusal to employ is to compel
employees to agree to terms or conditions of employment
Factors Affecting Strikes - ✔✔Differences in information between union and employer
Economic environment
Bargaining unit characteristics
Internal conflicts within the union or employer
The relationship between the union and the employer
Negotiators' skill and experience
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