Collective Bargaining Inequality
11 important questions on Collective Bargaining Inequality
In the book we've learned about the Labour market segmentation theory. We've learned that the labour market was divided into two segments.
What are the two segments and is there a difference with their jobs?
- The primary market - - jobs are stable and well-paid
- The secondary market - - jobs are insecure and less paid
Describe the two-tier provisions.
What is it, and why did they bring it to Canada during the recession of the 1980s - 1990s and enforce it at the time of the financial crisis in 2008?
Two-tier provisions emerged for Canada during the recessions to bring down labour costs.
The financial crisis led to a need to cut labour costs
When reading, we came upon a term that is called concession bargaining. What is that?
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Majoritarionism, exclusivity and union certification came from which act? What was the act from America called that Canada adopted which was made in 1935?
Certification of a union marks a transition for employers and employees from ___________ to _____________. What is in the blanks?
What are the three types of legal rules regulating collective bargaining talked about in the text?
- Statuatory Freeze provision
- Duty to bargain
- Industrial conflict law
The statuatory freeze provision.
What does it do for employers and employees?
- (ex. If employer always gives employees a bonus at a specific time, then they cannot refuse the bonus because of the statuatory freeze in effect.)
I remember it is also broken into two types of freezes, what are they?
Certification freeze = Prohibits an employer from altering terms of employment without unions consent during the process of an application for certification.
Collective Bargaining freeze = Prohibits an employer from altering terms of employment without unions consent during the process of collective bargaining.
Why have a certification freeze?
WHYY?
Why have a collective bargaining freeze?
WHYYY?
The duty to bargain entails one thing...
What are some ways for both parties to be prepared to bargain at the table???
Give me three ways that the text mentions.
- Be prepared to negotiate
- Provide information and respect union's role as employee's representative
- Must be honest / disclose plans that will affect employees
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