Exam 22: Labormanagement Relationship

Under what conditions is picketing to force an employer to recognize an uncertified union an unfair labor practice?

ACE Inc.consolidates and forwards cargoes for sea shipment.KAS Inc.,a manufacturer of shipment containers,is a supplier for ACE.The employees at KAS Inc.are members of the Shippers Union.The union has been successful in getting KAS to stop handling freight for ACE.What is this kind of activity by the union termed as? Is it legal?

Congress gave the National Labor Relations Board jurisdiction over

Denver Crate University's faculty is unionized.The faculty wants increased wages.When the University refuses to bargain on wages,they vote to strike.Which of the following statements is true under the Taft-Hartley Act?

The smallest unions in the United States represent teachers,government employees,and service workers.

What are the key provisions of the Wagner Act?

Administrative law judges are responsible for the initial conduct of hearings in unfair labor practice cases.

Under the Wagner Act,any organization of employees must be completely independent of their employers.

Picketing to force an employer to recognize an uncertified union is an unfair labor practice when

An organization informed the job applicants that they have to join one of the two unions in order to apply for a job in the organization.Two of the applicants had ideological differences,and they refused to join either of the unions.The third one had a dispute with one of them,and he too refused to join either of the unions.The applications of all the three individuals were dismissed on the grounds that joining one of the unions is the condition for employment.Does this act violate the Taft-Hartley Act?

Under the Wagner Act,any organization of employees must

Lois has applied for a job at OneStop Everyday Market,a grocery store chain.She is told that after thirty days she is required to join the union representing the employees of OneStop.In this case,OneStop Everyday Market is a(n)______.

It is an unfair labor practice to picket to force an employer to recognize an uncertified union when

To comply with the requirement that they bargain collectively in good faith,employers must ensure that they are willing to provide monetary support to unions.

Unions are allowed to use members' dues to support political activities.

United Workers called a strike at the Manfield Coal Company.The impoverished mine workers quickly caved and asked to be rehired.The mine owners agreed to rehire them on one condition.The workers had to surrender their union charter and agree to a company union.The management made it a condition of employment that employees agree not to join a labor union.In this case,what type of contract are the mine workers asked to sign?

In strikes that imperil national health or safety,the Taft-Hartley Act provided for a(n)______.

How are union elections decided by cards? Are such elections recognized by employers?

Nearly three-quarter of a million professionals such as teachers,immigration officials,court workers,and other unionized civil servants were on a strike.These workers were protesting harsh austerity policies by the American government that asked poor and middle class Americans to sacrifice in the form of pension costs and pay cuts,but left the rich largely untouched.In this case,can the strike be enjoined by the federal courts?

ColdBev Inc.is a Californian corporation engaged in the production,bottling,and distribution of beverages.In March 1949,it entered into a collective bargaining agreement concerning the wages,hours,and working conditions of its nonsupervisory employees with the United Employees Association.At the beginning of June 1949,the union engaged in activities designed to compel the company to recognize it as the exclusive bargaining representatives of the company's employees.To enforce their demand for recognition,the union began the peaceful picketing of retail stores which sold the company's products.Picket signs announced that the company's products were made by workers who were not members of the United Employees' Association.What are the activities indulged in by the United Employees' Association termed as? Are the activities legal?