Exam 12: The Rise of Organized Labor and Its Regulatory Framework

In NLRB v. Meenan Oil Co., L.P., the National Labor Relations Board filed petitions for enforcement of its order finding against the defendant regarding violation of:

The Sherman Act made restraints of trade and monopolizing of trade legal.

The American Federation of Labor (AFL)adopted a pattern of union organization based on the British trade union system which provided the members with:

What role did the American Federation of Labor (AFL)play in the labor movement in the U.S.?

Because _____ gave little guidance concerning the administrative structure of the newly created agency, the NLRB adopted an administrative organization that made it prosecutor, judge, and jury with regard to complaints under the act.

Define the term "supervisor" in accordance with Section 2(11)of the NLRA.

Discuss the Congress of Industrial Organizations.

Explain antitrust laws.

The _____ involved government working closely and actively with business to revive the economy.

The labor activities of the socialist movement came to be represented by the Industrial Workers of the World during the early decades of the twentieth century.

The concept of the Noble Order of the Knights of Labor was first developed in Philadelphia in 1869.

The National Labor Board established the principles of _____ and _____ in a particular bargaining unit.

The Railway Labor Act, passed in 1926, prohibits railroad employees from designating bargaining representatives of their own choosing.

One of the earliest American labor cases may be traced back to 1806.

Yellow-dog contracts require employees to sign a contract with the employer, where the employees agree not to:

An independent contractor is someone who, in the interests of the employer, has the authority to direct, hire, fire, discipline, transfer, assign, reward, responsibly direct, suspend, or adjust the grievances of other employees and who uses independent judgment in the exercise of such authority.

The Railway Labor Act introduced some of the ideas and approaches later incorporated in the:

The Railway Labor Act was amended by the:

When the Supreme Court declared the NIRA to be unconstitutional in its 1935 Schechter Poultry Corp. v. U.S. decision, it also destroyed:

The newly organized NLRB was bifurcated into two independent authorities within the single agency: the five-member Board and the general counsel.