Exam 13: Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining

The ________ form of union security means that the company can hire non-union people,but those people must join the union within a prescribed period of time.

The ________ is the group of employees the union will be authorized to represent.

The term "________" describes statutory or constitutional provisions banning the requirement of union membership as a condition of employment.

You are a manager at a manufacturing facility,and you tell your subordinates that unions are dangerous to the economy.Which law protects your right to express these views?

When representatives of Ford's management and the autoworkers' union meet to negotiate a labor agreement,which of the following is most likely occurring?

Surface bargaining involves going through the motions of bargaining without any real intention of completing a formal agreement.

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 do?

Which term refers to a union organizing tactic by which union members are placed on non-union job sites?

The agency shop form of union security means that the ________.

Which of the following is an appropriate action for a supervisor to take in respect to unionization activities?

Which of the following bans certain unfair labor practices and provides for majority rule and secret ballot elections?

Which law sought to protect union members from possible wrongdoing on the part of their unions?

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

According to the Landrum-Griffin Act,national and international unions must elect officers at least once every ________ years.

The Taft-Hartley Act amended the Wagner Act in all of the following ways EXCEPT by ________.

Factors that cause workers to unionize include all EXCEPT________.

All of the following are examples of mandatory bargaining items EXCEPT ________.

In order for unions to petition an election,50% of eligible employees in a bargaining unit must sign authorization cards.

During the term of their contract with ABC Manufacturing,members of the firm's employee union participate in an unauthorized strike.This is most likely an example of a(n)________ strike.

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 belongs 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,supports the argument by the NLRB that Hyper-Tech has conducted unfair labor practices?