Exam 12: Dealing With Employeemanagement Issues

Alcohol and drug abuse are serious workplace issues but they involve far fewer workers than violence does.

The National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) established the first minimum wage for workers.

The Norris-LaGuardia Act prohibited courts from issuing injunctions against nonviolent union activities.

The largest labor organization in the U.S. is the National Education Association (NEA).

Dr. Qiang, a professor at a local university, has been working with union leaders and management at Fairlawn Corporation to help the two sides resolve differences over desired wage levels for a new contract. First, he met with each side privately to determine any common ground for agreement. For the past week, he has worked with representatives from each side to promote communication and compromise at the bargaining table. Dr. Qiang is a(n)

A key difference between a mediator and an arbitrator is that

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

A union shop agreement is illegal in states that have passed right-to-work laws.

In Germany, there are some firms whose employees participate in the company decisions by actually serving as members of the board of directors. The policy of permitting nonmanagement employees to participate in the decision-making processes of some European companies is called

A cooling-off period is when workers in a critical industry return to their jobs while the union and management continue negotiations.

Union membership is likely to rise in the coming decade, because the same economic and political conditions that gave rise to unions in the late 19th and early 20th centuries are now reappearing.

A yellow-dog contract required workers to agree not to join a union as a condition of their employment.

At Tuxedo Park Tire and Rubber, a number of striking workers are picketing at the plant entrance. Because the picketers have started threatening people entering the plant and are vandalizing some company property, Tuxedo Park management believes it has just cause to ask the courts for a(n) ________ placing limits on the number of pickets and their actions while picketing.

Identify several laws that significantly influenced labor-management relations. Discuss the major provisions of each law.

Speculating on the future of organized labor unions, which of the following statements best summarizes real concerns?

The Industrial Revolution slowed the growth of unions by creating a rapidly rising standard of living for most workers.

John L. Lewis broke with the American Federation of Labor (AFL) in 1935 over membership issues and formed a rival group known as the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO).

The Labor-Management Relations Act (Taft-Hartley Act) can be best described as a law which

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

The presence of formal labor organizations in the United States dates back to the late 1700s.