SECTION B- TRUE OR FALSE QUESTIONS [10 MARKS]

Answer all questions. Each question carries ONE (1) mark.

State whether each of the following statements is TRUE or FALSE.

1. The "labour problem" is characterized by long hours, low wages, unsafe working conditions and job insecurity stemming from managements ability to exploit and oppress workers.

2. An independent union is one that has the power to elect its own leaders and make all financial and strategic decisions

3. Proponents of the industrial relations school of thought are concerned with finding ways to increase workers' bargaining power through collective bargaining.

4. The notion that management and labour have common goals and that there is no inherent conflict of interest between them is consistent with a unitarist view of the employment relationship.

5. Collective bargaining is an example of a worker control governance system.

6. The process of industrial relations involves only two parties, labor, and management.

7. When a certification application is received by a labour relations board, an official notification is sent to both the employer and the employees.

8. There is one unifying theory underlying the field of industrial relations.

9. Co-partnership increases the status of workers and improves their relationship with management.

10. The Political Economy Approach to Labour Relations suggests that there is fundamental conflict of interest between employers and employees.