Exam 16: Union/Management Relations

Unions in some situations have encouraged workers to become partial or complete owners of the companies that employ them.

_____ is a means by which a third party settles disputes arising from different interpretations of a labor contract.

Which of the following is true regarding international union membership?

Unions must always report how much money they utilize forpolitical activity and lobbying.

"Interest" arbitration is used extensively in the private sector in the United States.

In the United States, unions have typically focused primarily on_____.

Issues pertaining to safety rules and profit-sharing plans are mandatory subjects for bargaining.

Which of the following laws has been called the Magna Carta of labor and was pro-union?

The relationship between a union and a company's management in the United States alternates between accommodation and collusion.

Which of the following can be considered as a union security provision?

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

_____ strikes exist when members of one union walk out to force the employer to assign work to them instead of to members of another union.

A union shop requires_____.

Before a union election can be called, _____ of the employees in the targeted employee group must sign authorization cards of the union.

A group of union members go on strike after their union fails to reach an agreement with the management of their organization during a collective bargaining process. What type of strike are the union members conducting? Describe any two other types of strikes.

In the United States, employees in the public sector are more likely to be union members than employees in the private sector.

The practice whereby union or worker representatives are given positions on a company's board of directors is called_____.

The process by which union members vote to accept the terms of a negotiated labor agreement is called_____.

Codetermination refers to the practice whereby union or worker representatives are given positions on a company's board of directors.

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