Exam 18: The Rights of Union Members

What is the duty of fair representation on part of the union?

Section 8(b) (1) (A)of the NLRA allows union actions that restrain, coerce, or interfere with employee rights under Section 7 of the NLRA.

All officials handling union money must be bonded and persons convicted of certain criminal offenses are barred from holding union office for a year.

In Syres v. Oil Workers Local 23, the Supreme Court held that the duty of fair representation also extended to unions granted bargaining agent status under _____ of the National Labor Relation Act.

Who established the content of notice under a new executive order issued by President Barak Obama?

The provisions of the LMRDA require that union members must first strive for external action for violation of the rights granted by the LMRDA.

In Steele v. Louisville & Nashville R.R., the petitioner was an African American locomotive fireman and employee of railroad. The Brotherhood, purporting to act as representative of the entire craft of firemen, without informing the African American firemen or giving them opportunity to be heard, served a notice on the Railroad. The notice announced the Brotherhood's desire to amend the existing collective bargaining agreement that exclude all African American firemen from the service. In this case, the court held that non-union members have judicial remedies of:

The duty of fair representation is a judicially created obligation on the part of the union to represent fairly all employees in the:

The legal controls on unions are the result of actions by the courts, the National Labor  Relations Board (NLRB), and Congress.

In Glover v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway , the Supreme Court held that employees _____ when the union and employer are cooperating in the violation of employee rights.

Which of the following is not true of the "duty of fair representation" in a dispute?

What is an agency shop?

What is a union shop?

What remedies are provided under Section 8(b) (1) (A)of National Labor Relation Act?

Which legislation controls the operation and administration of employee w elfare and pension plans?

The initial cases dealing with the duty of fair representation arose under the Railway Labor Act.

In International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 776, AFL-CIO (Carolina Freight Carriers Corporation), Carolina hired Timothy Blosser as a casual dock laborer. The union sent Blosser a registered letter outlining what it asserted was his union membership and financial obligations. The letter stated that failure to join the union on the fixed date would lead to non-eligibility to work. Blosser believed the union's demand was a violation of:

Under Section 301 of the NLRA, an employee may recover punitive damages and may get an injunction.

In Boilermakers v. Hardeman, Hardeman filed suit against the union, alleging that it violated _____ by denying him a full and fair hearing in the union disciplinary proceedings.

This court decision held that public-sector agency fees violate the First Amendment rights of employees who object to joining the union.