HRIR 3450 – CHAPTER 1 EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH ALL CORRECT
ANSWERS
Why did international unions dominate the Canadian labour movement in this period? -
Answer-US based unions sought to organize Canadian workers to avoid the possibility
of American employers moving work to non union workplaces in Canada.
Canadian workers were drawn to US unions because they were larger, stronger and
had more resources available, including larger strike funds.
Business Unionism - Answer-Unions focused on improving the compensation and
working conditions for unionized employees through collective bargaining with the
employer
Social unionism - Answer-Concerned with improving the compensation and working
conditions of bargaining unit members, while also seeking broader economic and social
change.
Conciliation Act - Answer-A response to strikes and provided for voluntary conciliation of
contract disputes.
Industrial Disputes Investigation Act - Answer-Followed a strike in the coal industry.
Required employers and unions in affected industries to submit contract disputes to a
tripartite conciliation board before a strike or lockout could legally take place.
While this legislation was aimed at preventing strikes and lockouts, it did not require
employers to recognize or bargain with unions.
1919 General Strike - Answer-Some view it as a turning point in the history of the labour
movement in Canada
Started when metal trades workers walked off their jobs to support demands for union
recognition and wage increases
Ended after strikers clashed with the RCMP and saw two workers killed
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
QUESTIONS WITH ALL CORRECT
ANSWERS
Why did international unions dominate the Canadian labour movement in this period? -
Answer-US based unions sought to organize Canadian workers to avoid the possibility
of American employers moving work to non union workplaces in Canada.
Canadian workers were drawn to US unions because they were larger, stronger and
had more resources available, including larger strike funds.
Business Unionism - Answer-Unions focused on improving the compensation and
working conditions for unionized employees through collective bargaining with the
employer
Social unionism - Answer-Concerned with improving the compensation and working
conditions of bargaining unit members, while also seeking broader economic and social
change.
Conciliation Act - Answer-A response to strikes and provided for voluntary conciliation of
contract disputes.
Industrial Disputes Investigation Act - Answer-Followed a strike in the coal industry.
Required employers and unions in affected industries to submit contract disputes to a
tripartite conciliation board before a strike or lockout could legally take place.
While this legislation was aimed at preventing strikes and lockouts, it did not require
employers to recognize or bargain with unions.
1919 General Strike - Answer-Some view it as a turning point in the history of the labour
movement in Canada
Started when metal trades workers walked off their jobs to support demands for union
recognition and wage increases
Ended after strikers clashed with the RCMP and saw two workers killed
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
