Exam 12: Dealing With Employeemanagement Issues

________ is the use of a third party to encourage labor and management to continue negotiating in an effort to settle a labor dispute or achieve a mutually acceptable labor-management agreement.

Simon, who is philosophically opposed to unions, often says, "Why should I be required to join an organization I don't agree with, or pay a fee to support it financially? I thought this was a free country, but I don't feel very free when I'm told that I'll lose my job if I don't join the union. It just isn't fair." Simon's comments suggest he favors a(n) ________ shop arrangement.

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.

In recent years federal programs such as Medicare and Medicaid have greatly reduced the financial burden on families faced with caring for elderly adults.

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 ________.

As the workforce of the U.S. ages, a greater percentage of workers will have to concern themselves with

The sources of many grievances include overtime rules, promotions, layoffs, and job assignments.

In 1955, after the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act, the AFL and CIO merged to create the AFL-CIO.

Amara believes that her manager violated the terms of the negotiated labor-management agreement when he required her to report to work on a holiday. She has discussed her concerns with her shop steward and he agrees with her. It is likely the steward will encourage Amara to

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

Unions were originally formed

Over the past several decades, the compensation of CEOs of large U.S. corporations has

Candace is negotiating with management as a member of a union team. The union wants to obtain a labor contract for the workers represented by the union. Candace is involved in contract arbitration.

One strategy unions must adopt in order to grow in the future is to

The justification for dues or fees paid by nonunion members to the union in a(n) ________ shop is that the union represents all workers in collective bargaining, not just those who belong to the union.

A(n) ________ boycott is an illegal attempt by labor to convince others to stop doing business with a firm that does business with a company that is the subject of a primary boycott.

Union leaders at the Pacific Corporation are furious. Although the union is certified by the NLRB, its negotiating team has had little success in getting management to meet with them to work on a new labor contract. In fact, during the last three months, the management team has agreed to meet only twice, once on a weekend, and the other time after 8:00 p.m. Even during those two meetings, the management team was unwilling to offer serious proposals. Pacific's management team should review the legal rights of union members to participate in collective bargaining, as provided under the

At this time, the largest labor organization in the United States is the

The Industrial Revolution was characterized by a(n)

Historically, managers were less concerned about productivity and more concerned with friendly relations among employees.