Human Resource Management 5Th Canadian Edition By Sandra Steen – Test Bank

Human Resource Management 5Th Canadian Edition By Sandra Steen – Test Bank

Chapter 09

Collective Bargaining and Labour Relations

True / False Questions

1. Unions have a role in organizations because some degree of conflict is inevitable between workers and management.
   TRUE

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 09-01 Define unions and labour relations and their role ion organizations.
Topic: 09-02 Introduction

2. Industrial unions traditionally consisted of members who all have a particular skill or occupation.
   FALSE

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 09-01 Define unions and labour relations and their role ion organizations.
Topic: 09-03 Role of Unions and Labour Relations

3. The Alberta Union of Public Employees is Canada’s largest labour organization.
   FALSE

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 09-01 Define unions and labour relations and their role ion organizations.
Topic: 09-04 Types of Unions and Affiliations

4. The Canadian Union of Public Employees is Canada’s largest labour union.
   TRUE

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 09-01 Define unions and labour relations and their role ion organizations.
Topic: 09-04 Types of Unions and Affiliations

5. A union steward is elected by union members to represent them.
   TRUE

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 09-01 Define unions and labour relations and their role ion organizations.
Topic: 09-05 Local Unions

6. In Canada, unionization is much higher in the private sector than the public sector.
   FALSE

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 09-01 Define unions and labour relations and their role ion organizations.
Topic: 09-06 History and Trends in Union Membership

7. The unionization rate of men is higher than the unionization rate of women.
   FALSE

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: 09-01 Define unions and labour relations and their role ion organizations.
Topic: 09-06 History and Trends in Union Membership

8. Union membership rates in Canada are significantly lower than the United States, Australia, and Japan.
   FALSE

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: 09-01 Define unions and labour relations and their role ion organizations.
Topic: 09-06 History and Trends in Union Membership

9. According to Statistics Canada, the average hourly wage of employees with union coverage was almost 50 percent higher than employees without union coverage.
   FALSE

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 09-02 Identify the labour relations goals of management; unions; and society.
Topic: 09-10 Union Goals

10. The Rand Formula makes the payment of union dues mandatory for members.
    TRUE