Exam 16: Unionmanagement Relations

In an organization, which of the following strategies can be employed to prevent unionization?

Which of the following represents a group of autonomous national and international unions?

Which of the following is an example of an industrial union?

Describe why employees want to unionize.

Describe two union security provisions that organizations commonly provide.

In the United States, why do laws prohibit police officers and firefighters from conducting strikes?

Which of the following bargaining patterns is relatively rare in U.S. labor history and is illegal?

In the United States, unions have typically focused primarily on:

An employee is given a union leaflet that asks employees to sign a card while leaving the company premises after work. Discuss the significance of the card that the employee hasbeen asked to sign. Is the distribution of such leaflets by a union legal?

The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) is a union that consists of members holding various types of jobs in the American mining industry. The UMWA is an example of a(n) _____.

The _____, which prohibited employers from using unfair labor practices, declared that the official policy of the U.S. government was to encourage collective bargaining.

Which of the following is an advantage of union representation in organizations?

The Wagner Act established the National Labor Relations Board as an independent entity to enforce the provisions of the act.

Hiring "union busters" during the organizing campaign of a union is an unfair labor practice.

George, a unionized employee, is suspended from work after a conflict with his supervisor. George decides to file a grievance complaint. Whom should George approach with his problem? Who handles the responsibilities of grievance management in an organization? What are the different steps that George is likely to undergo in the grievance management procedure?

It is the responsibility of an operating manager, and not the human resources unit, to engage in grievance prevention efforts in a company.

Which of the following U.S. unions founded in 1938 focused on semiskilled and unskilled workers?

Jim, a unionized employee, takes part in an unfair labor practices strike called by his union. After the strike, Jim finds out that his company has hired another employee to take his place. Can the management use a replacement?

_____ deal with unionized employees in organizations where human resource professionals have limited involvement with labor relations.

Describe the major national laws of the United States. What has been their impact on labor-management relations?