Exam 12: Dealing With Employeemanagement Issues

Labor unions and management hope to resolve issues through collective bargaining. Each side comes to the table with a range of options they are willing to consider, some more appealing than others. All options that each will consider fall within the ________.

One of the things that labor is interested in is fairness.

Antonio is an assembly line worker for a major automobile manufacturer. When he was first hired for the job, he did not have any specific training or skill. Antonio joined a union with other assembly-line workers who perform a variety of jobs that do not require a highly specialized skill. Antonio belongs to a(n)

The American Federation of Labor (AFL) was initially intended to be a single craft union.

A(n) ________ occurs when management temporarily closes a business to deny employment to workers.

In the early years, there were power struggles among the larger national unions. Leaders recognized that there was power in numbers. After the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947,

After gaining union representation, any workers with complaints regarding promotions, layoffs, and job assignments will file a(n) ________ with their shop steward.

The National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) gave employees the right to form and join labor organizations and the right to engage in activities such as strikes and boycotts.

The Labor-Management Relations Act (Taft-Hartley Act) strengthened unions by giving them the right to engage in featherbedding and secondary boycotts.

In the past, a variety of professionals have served as mediators. If a labor dispute were to break out between the management at an auto manufacturer and the local union that represents workers at the auto manufacturing plant, it would be highly unusual for a university professor who has studied labor relations to be asked to mediate. The disputing parties would save his time for something more serious like arbitration.

________ refers to unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other unsolicited conduct of a sexual nature.

________ provided dynamic leadership for the American Federation of Labor during its early years.

Which of the following statements about drug users is a claim made by the National Institute on Drug Abuse?

Which of the following statements about the costs of elder care is most accurate?

The "blue flu" refers to a situation in which union members (like police and firefighters) who are not allowed to strike refuse to work by calling in sick.

A union security clause in a labor-management agreement stipulates that employees who benefit from a union must either officially join or at least pay dues to the union.

Union representatives and the management at Bathtub Brewing Company's have reached an impasse. Going forward, the union is planning an organized strike and other tactics to put pressure on management where it will be most effective. Union supporters are being encouraged to avoid purchasing Bathtub Brewing's products. Now union leaders have contacted a variety of stores that stock Bathtub Brewing's beer telling them union members and other supporters will stop shopping at any store that continues to carry Bathtub Brewing's beer until the dispute is resolved in the union's favor. This tactic against stores that carry Bathtub Brewing Company is called a primary boycott.

The ________ was established by the Wagner Act to oversee labor-management relations.

A craft union is an organization of skilled specialists in a particular craft or trade.

In an agency shop agreement, workers who do not belong to the union must pay a union fee or pay regular union dues.