Unit 5 - End of Unit Learning Exercises

Question 1

ILO Convention

Answer 1

An international treaty adopted by the Internation Labour Organization that is subject to ratificationby member countries

Question 2

Core labour standards

Answer 2

A set of eight ILO conventions covering suubjects considered to be critically important to the mission of the ILO. These subjects include freedomof association; abolition of forced labour; abolition of chiild labour; and non-discrimination in employment

Question 3

Multilateral trade agreement

Answer 3

A trade agreement between more than two nations

Question 4

Economic globalization

Answer 4

A term sed to describe a confluence of factors that enable and promoteglobal integration, including (1) trade agreement that dismantel trade tariffs, (2) new informaiton technologies that enable instantaneous supply chain coordination across vast geographical spaces; and (3) improved transportation and tracking systems that facilites efficent global supply chain systems

Question 5

Precarious work

Answer 5

Work that is defined by characteristicssuch as job insecurity; short job tenure; low pay; few benefits; low collection bargaining coverage; and sporadic, limited, or unpredictable

Question 6

Migrant worker

Answer 6

A person who moves to another country or area in order to find employment, in particular seasonal or temporary work.

Question 7

Wagnerism

Answer 7

The Wagner model is a legislated labour regime of collective bargaining with several distinctive features. A single, exclusive bargaining agent is recognized for employees in a “bargaining unit” through a certification application to an independent labour board

Question 8

Minority unionism

Answer 8

Members-only unionism, also known as minority unionism, is a model for trade unions in which local unions represent and organize workers who voluntarily join (and pay dues) rather than the entire workforce of a place of employment. In such a model, a union election is not held by the entire workforce to determine whether a majority wishes for the workforce to be represented by a local branch of a national union, but a union can nonetheless exist to support members who pay dues.