Chapter 5

Question 1

1. Institutionalists

Answer 1

Those subscribing to the theory that the operation of labour markets requires a knowledge and understanding of such social organizations as unions, nongovernmental community organizations, and international institutions.

Question 2

2. International Labour Organization (ILO)

Answer 2

A tripartite (government, management, and labour) agency of the UN with the mandate to establish and enforce global labour standards.

Question 3

3. Company Union

Answer 3

A union that a company helped create or has come to influence to the point of interfering with the democratic process.

Question 4

4. Craft or Occupational Unionism

Answer 4

Unions that typically allow into membership only trades or occupations that are in the same family of skills.

Question 5

5. Industrial Unionism

Answer 5

A type of inclusive unionism that represents a broad range of skills and occupations.

Question 6

6. Public Sector or Social Justice Unionism

Answer 6

Unions of public sector employees at all three levels of government: local, provincial, and federal; typically advocates of a philosophy of social justice.

Question 7

7. Utility Function

Answer 7

The sum of individual preferences for such measurable items as wages and benefits.

Question 8

8. Union Density

Answer 8

A fraction that expresses union members as a percentage of the non-agricultural labour force

Question 9

9. Closed Shop

Answer 9

A form of union security in which membership in the union is a condition of employment.

Question 10

10. Union Shop

Answer 10

A form of union security in which new employees must join the union but only after a probation period.

Question 11

11. Rand Formula

Answer 11

A union security provision in which employees do not have to join the union but all employees must pay dues.

Question 12

12. Union Busting

Answer 12

An effort to eliminate a union from a workplace or prevent a union from writing certification. Effort may be legal or illegal