• How has labour been impacted by a current political, social, or economic issue—or how might it be impacted in the future?

• How might existing procedural or substantive rules governing labour relations create challenges for relationships between employers and unions in the future?

• What theoretical perspective on labour relations do you most identify with? Provide examples of how your perspective could be both a source of strength and of weakness in establishing positive labour relations in the workplace. Are there any political, social, or economic factors that could challenge you to shift your perspective?

Explain recreational drugs

Use official statistics to show trends in recreational drug use

Explain Parker’s theory of normalization and compare it to Becker’s theory of social deviance

Compare this to the social construction of deviance in relation to drugs.

Evaluate whether normalization has actually happened

-In what way has normalization occured?

-Why may it not have occured?

• How can unions effectively demonstrate they have met their duty of fair representation for a member who has engaged in harassment of another member?

o What practical challenges arise at the point a complaint is made? How can the union’s early response impact the tone and culture of the workplace?

o How can a union reconcile a “zero tolerance” policy of workplace harassment with the principles of progressive discipline? Progressive discipline is based on the premise that the least level of discipline required to correct behaviour should be applied in each circumstance.

o Consider Unifor’s model language setting out a joint employer-union process to investigating matters of workplace harassment. What are the benefits of such a process? What might be some risks or challenges? Would you expect that such a process might strengthen, or damage, labour relations?

Explore and criticize the effect of Instagram’s influencer culture on their followers’ perception of authenticity and the development of their self-identity.