1/What does it mean to say that the "locus of bargaining authority is more diffuse in the public than it is in the private sector"?

a. It means that public sector employers are less amenable to negotiating on the basis that "the queen does not negotiate with her subjects"

b. It means that decision-making authority is shared among a wider group of people in the public than in the private sector

c. It means that in the public sector bargaining authority is backed up by the power to legislate one's preferred outcomes

d. It means that public employers are more amenable to negotiating with their employees than are their private sector counterparts

2/ When considering the designation of a service as essential for the purposes of a work stoppage which of the following best captures the main approach labour boards usually take?

a. The middle-of-the-road approach i.e., threat to safety and security understood as more than economic inconvenience but less than national emergency

b. The broad approach i.e., any economic inconvenience imposed by a work stoppage

c. The narrow approach i.e., imminent threat of a loss of life imposed by a work stoppage

3/ What policy has remained in place ever since federal public sector workers were first allowed to unionize?

a. That employees performing the same work would receive the same pay with little regard to regional differences

b. That pay would follow regional differences in order that workers doing comparable work have comparable buying power rather than comparable wages

c. That bargaining unit composition would map onto regional differences so that workers doing the same work in a particular province would form their own bargaining unit

d. That labour arbitrators would be primarily responsible for determining bargaining unit make-up just as they are in the private sector