Question: Globalization has increased the bargaining power of unions by allowing money to move more freely across borders.
Answer: False
Question: According to “institutionalists,” the macroeconomic purpose of wealth redistribution could be achieved by replacing individual bargaining with collective bargaining through unions.
Answer: True
Question: The International Labour Organization is an agency of the United Nations that includes representatives from labour, management, and government
Answer: True
Question: A “company union” is an independent workers’ organization whose members all work for a single employer.
Answer: False
Question: Craft-union organizing was defined by the way goods were produced in North America
Answer: True
Question: Public-sector unions evolved in response to changes in labour legislation and an increase in public services.
Answer: True
Question: Unifor’s broad social agenda stand is very similar to those of the occupational unions.
Answer: False
Question: Locals are subunits of the parent national or international union, and as such may have aims that diverge somewhat from the parent organization.
Answer: True
Question: It is possible to organize a union that is not affiliated with either a national or international union.
Answer: True
Question: Canada’s two largest unions are both private-sector unions.
Answer: False
Question: Three of the six biggest unions in Canada are public-sector unions.
Answer: True
Question: From 2001 to 2019, CUPE has grown by 35 percent.
Answer: True
Question: The Canadian Labour Congress is the largest central labour body in Canada.
Answer: True