Outcome # 2 Why employess Uniozed Flashcards
reason U
economic need
general dissatisfaction with managerial practices
seek to have a voice in the setting of working conditions
Union shop
Provision of the collective agreement that requires employees to join the union as a condition of their
employment
Organizing campaigns
Organizing Steps
- Employee/union contact
- Initial organizational meeting
- Formation of an in-house organizing committee
- Application to a labour relations board
- Issuance of a certificate by a labour relations board
Employer tactics
Employers have to accept that the Workers have the tight to do a Union
Union Tactics
Unions also have a duty to act in accordance with labour legislation
They cannot intimidate or coerce employees to become or remain members of a
union
bargaining unit
Group of two or more employees who share common employment interests and conditions and may reasonably be grouped together for the purposes of
collective bargaining
unfair labour practices
Specific employer and union illegal practices that deny employees their rights and benefits under federal and
provincial labor law
How employees bcme U
Voluntary recognition
Contract negotiation
Decertification
Impact of UNIONization on Manager
management rights
Decisions regarding organizational
operations over which management
claims exclusive rights
Loss of Supervisory Authority
Structures, Functions, and Leadership
of Labour Unions
craft unions
Unions that represent skilled craft
workers
industrial unions
Unions that represent all workers— skilled, semiskilled, unskilled— employed along industry lines
employee associations
Labour organizations that represent various groups of professional and white-collar employees in labor–
management relations
The Canadian Labour Congress
The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) is a central federation of unions.
union (shop) steward
Employee who as a nonpaid union
official represents the interests of
members in their relations with
management
business agent
Normally a paid labor official responsible for negotiating and administering the collective agreement and working to resolve union
members’ problems
methods to resolve deadlocks
compulsory binding arbitration
Binding method of resolving collective
bargaining deadlocks by a neutral
third party
final offer arbitration
Method of resolving collective bargaining deadlocks whereby the arbitrator has no power to compromise but must select one or another of the final offers submitted by
the two parties
collective bargaining process
Process of negotiating a collective agreement, including the use of economic pressures by both parties
