Industrial Relations Quiz

Industrial relations are the relationship between ...

• employees and management
• consumers and suppliers
• employees and consumer
• management andconsumers

Bad industrial reations can be caused by...

• Rise in inflation
• Discrimination
• Rise in taxes
• Business going liquidation

Relations can be made worse by...

• increase in wages
• high employee retention
• improved working conditions
• lack of trust

A trade union is an organisation that represents...

• The views and interest of workers
• a group of people working towards a common aim
• the aims of managers
• the goals of a business

Examples of trade unions are...

• Greenpeace
• Peta
• Siptu

Trade unions give no advantages to manages...

• True
• False

Ictu acts on behalf of all trade unions in Ireland...

• True
• False

Cost of living claims are due to

• another group of workers getting a pay rise
• Inflation
• Increase in productivity
• workers doing a less demanding job get a pay rise

It is illegal to go on strike when...

•  you give seven days notice
• work in the army
• carry out a secret ballot
• you have union consent

Another name for a wildcat strike is...

• a lightning strike
• a go-slow
• token stoppage
• work-to-rule