PART A: TRUE OR FALSE: $($ONE MARK EACH$)$

A collective agreement can contain any terms the union$-$and the

employer agree on$.$ F

All employees in the bargaining unit, both union members and

those who are not union members, are covered by the terms of the

collective agreement.

All employee complaints could be the subject of a grievance.

Grievances may be filed by individual employees, a group of

employees, the union, or the employer.

A union shop provision in a collective agreement requires

individuals to be union members before they are hired.

Employers are allowed to contract out work only when there is a

collective agreement term allowing them to do so$.$

Arbitrators have the authority to reduce the discipline imposed

by the employer for employee misconduct unless the collective

agreement provides for a specific penalty for the behaviour

involved.

A sufficient ability provision in a collective agreement is a term

providing that seniority will only be a factor if the skill and ability

of two competing employees is relatively equal.

Pattern bargaining involves the union negotiating an agreement

with one employer and then presenting it to other employers

seeking to have it copied.

Distributive bargaining is the basis for interest$-$based or mutual

gains bargaining.

A caucus is a meeting between the chief negotiators for the

employer and the union.