Chapter 12 Definitions

Question 1

A negotiated offer of payment for work that may include wages, benefits, and other items of value.

Answer 1

Compensation Package

Question 2

The formal process of negotiating conditions of employment between organized employees and their employer; the contract produced through this process is called a collective agreement

Answer 2

Collective Bargaining

Question 3

A negotiating strategy whereby employees stop working during contract negotiations with their employer

Answer 3

Strike

Question 4

To negotiate a collective agreement in an honest and open fashion

Answer 4

Bargain in Good Faith

Question 5

A type of workplace in which all new employees must already be members of a union

Answer 5

Closed Shop

Question 6

A type of workplace in which the employer is free to hire anyone he or she chooses, but the employee must join the union shortly after being hired.

Answer 6

Union Shop

Question 7

A workplace in which a new employee is not required to join the union but still must pay union dues; also called the “Rand formula”

Answer 7

Agency Shop

Question 8

The process by which a union becomes the sole bargaining agent for a group of employees; usually requires a majority vote and is overseen by a labour board

Answer 8

Certification

Question 9

A process whereby employees who become dissatisfied with their union can take action to dissolve the union if, in a free vote, the majority of members agree.

Answer 9

Decertification

Question 10

A contract that sets out the terms and conditions of employment between employees and employer

Answer 10

Collective Agreement

Question 11

The act of officially approving and passing a bill, treaty, collective agreement, or other legal agreement in a formal legal or political process

Answer 11

Ratification

Question 12

A dispute resolution process whereby a neutral third party, called a “mediator” facilitates the settlement of an argument between two or more parties.

Answer 12

Mediation

Question 13

A process of dispute resolution in which both sides must find the arbitrator acceptable and the decision of the arbitrator is binding

Answer 13

Binding Arbitration

Question 14

A process of arbitration in which both sides in a labour dispute present their bottom line to an arbitrator, who must then choose only one.

Answer 14

Final-Offer-Selection

Question 15

A negotiating strategy used by management in a labour dispute in which the employer locks the premises so that the employees cannot enter

Answer 15

Lockout

Question 16

The process whereby strikers carry picket signs and walk outside their place of employment to publicize their strike and discourage others from entering

Answer 16

Picket Duty

Question 17

A negotiating strategy in which workers follow to the letter the terms of the existing contract

Answer 17

Work-to-Rule

Question 18

A major change of workplace conditions that forces an employee to resign

Answer 18

Constructive Dismissal