Scenario 14.1 Boat Xpress, a Canadian Shipping Firm, Has Been Treating Employees

question 96

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Scenario 14.1
Boat Xpress, a Canadian shipping firm, has been treating employees unfairly for decades. Employees work full-time hours but are hired as part-timers with no benefits other than 4 percent vacation pay. Health and safety standards are non-existent, and the list goes on. Employees have tried to organize before, but management fired them and threatened the remaining workers. A new employee decided that the working conditions are intolerable and wants to get other employees organized in order to obtain union representation. All employees now believe that their interests will be better served with collective agreements.
-Refer to Scenario 14.1. Which step is NOT part of the organizing process before Boat Xpress employees can choose to become unionized?

• A) employee/union contact
• B) initial organizational meeting
• C) formation of an in-house bargaining committee
• D) application to a labour relations board

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