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17 Cards in this Set
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Business Agent |
a paid full time elected or appointed union offical involved in negotiating the collective agreement, helping to administer its terms and handling grievances |
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Chief Stewart |
the senior union stewart for an area |
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Union Steward |
a union member and colleague elected by workers to act as their representative. Stewards recieve, investigate and attempt to resolve complaints and grievances; inform members of union policies and meetings and recruit new members |
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Union Acceptance Strategy |
when the employer view the union and collective bargaining process as legitmate and appropriate for their organization |
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Union Avoidance Strategy a.k.a. Union Substiution or Proactive HRM |
when the employer prefers to be non-union and has developed HR policies and programs that discourage employees from wanting to join a union. |
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Union Suppression Approach |
a union avoidance strategy that uses "hard-ball" tactics (e.g. fustrating the successful negotation of first contract leading to decertification; using replacement workers during strikes and lockouts when legal; contracting out) |
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Union Substituation |
a term used to describe a proactive, postive strategy whereby the implementation of effective human resource management strategies serve to subsitute the desire among employees for a union |
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Business Unionism |
a union phliosophy whereby the union recognizes that it is a business and can only survive if it delivers needed services in a business- like manner to its memebers |
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Grass Roots Unionism |
a socio-political movement that is driven from the bottom up and is characterized by locals having a high degree of automomy |
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Social/Reform Unionism |
union activity directed at influencing the social and economic policies of governments |
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Labour Union |
recognized association of employee who have joined together to deal with management. - has charters, constitutions and bylaws and are governed by legislation |
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Local |
the smallest unit within a union representing a group of employees, usually in a particular geographic area or location |
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Independent Local Union |
a union not affliated with a larger labour organization such as national union like Canadian Automworkers or CUPE |
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Industerial Unions |
a union representing all employees in a particular organization or industry |
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Craft Union |
a union limited to represent skilled employees practicing the same craft or trade resulting in each craft having their own union focused on representing their unique needs (e.g. electricians, plumbers) |
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District Labour Council |
a regional structure or association whereby unions that are part of the Canadian Labour Congress and the Provincial Federation of Labour can come together to work on local issues of common concern |
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Employee Assciations |
normally represent white-collar or professional employees. This also include employee groups that are not certifed as bargaining agent6s under the labour code but can carry out negotiations with employers on behalf of employees (e.g. doctors) |
