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1. What are two ways in which the macroeconomic environment affects unions and employers?

2. What distinguishes between a good or service with an elastic demand and one with an inelastic demand?

3. How might possible bargaining priorities differ for the following employee groups: younger employees, female employees and visible minorities?

4. Why has it been more difficult for unions to organize part-time employees?

5. Describe two economic trends or issues that might affect labour relations.

6. Explain how government economic policy might impact unions and employers.

7. What is a current example of technological change that poses a threat or an opportunity to union-management relationships?

8. What is the "social environment," and why is it important to labour relations?

9. What do the phrases "federally regulated employer" and "provincially regulated employer" mean, and why is the distinction important?

10. Provide examples from the workplace that distin-guish among labour relations legislation, human rights codes and employment standards laws in Canada.