Exam 15: Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining

Decertification campaigns to end union representation are in principle very similar to the initial certification campaign that brought the union into power.

Supervisors can best handle grievances by providing grievants with long, written responses so that the issue is clear.

Hyper-Tech Enterprises manufactures mechanical parts used in air conditioning and heating units. The company employs over 300 workers at its Alabama facility. None of the Hyper-Tech employees belong to a union; however, management believes that unionization is in the near future. A representative of a local union has recently visited Hyper-Tech in an attempt to solicit members and have them sign authorization cards. Enough eligible employees have signed authorization cards to petition the NLRB for an election. Hyper-Tech's top executives are considering fighting the unionization efforts. Which of the following, if true, best supports the suggestion that Hyper-Tech will lose an NLRB election?

Which of the following is an illegal bargaining item?

The Taft-Hartley Act amended the National Labor Relations Act by prohibiting unfair union labor practices and specifying the rights of both employers and employees.

Which of the following best describes a main purpose of the Wagner Act?

What is the first step in the union drive process?

Managers from Ford and representatives from United Auto Workers are in the first stage of collective bargaining over benefits and wages. Which of the following is most likely occurring?

Employers can replace strikers permanently unless the strike is based on unfair labor practices.

How did labor laws affect employers and employees in the post-Depression United States? What specific laws significantly affected U.S. unions?

About ________% of people working in the United States belong to unions.

Jeff is a manager at a paper mill. He has received a grievance from a group of employees who are union members. The grievance claims that a plant rule barring employees from eating during unscheduled breaks is arbitrary and unfair. What should Jeff most likely do?

Labor-management commitment to guarantee employment security is one of the themes that parties agree upon in cooperative agreements.

Right to work legislation outlaws unions and union membership in specific states.

Which of the following was passed in 1935 to amend the Norris -LaGuardia Act?

Union authorization cards serve all of the following functions EXCEPT ________.

The National Labor Relations Board was primarily established for the purpose of ________.

Which type of union security accounts for almost three-fourths of union contracts?

In which human resource activity does a typical labor agreement NOT give the union a role?

Effective organizational competitiveness can be linked to having cooperative relationships.