Exam 6: Union Organizing Campaigns

Organizing is highly adversarial,while negotiating requires that the parties,especially the union,start from the position that _____ is a primary goal.

Which of the following conducts the secret-ballot elections for unions?

Where the employer is a significant economic entity in the local area,_____ is an important adjunct.

Employer interrogation of employees during a campaign would probably be legal only if used to test a claim of majority status,but it would be unfair if:

Unionization aims to permanently change the employment relationship by institutionalizing _____ as the method through which managers and employees deal with each other about future wages,hours,and terms and conditions of employment.

Organizing begins with an authorizing card campaign and most often ends with the _____ certifying the election results.

The usual catalyst for a campaign is employees' frustration about their wages and benefits or their inability to influence outcomes in the workplace.

A permanent _____ must be established within the unit to address member concerns and challenge management when workers' rights have been abridged.

Which of the following types of elections may not be held while a contract is in effect?

Which of the following is true of successor organizations?

List the factors that the NLRB considers to determine a bargaining unit.

Explain the process and implications of election certifications.

Employers can legally refuse to hire applicants based on union membership or concurrent union employment.

The term _____ means that a group of employees with a substantially different community of interests is allowed to establish a separate unit.

In determining appropriateness,the board considers carefully the _____ of the employees in the proposed unit.

Where not all units of an employer are already organized,unions try to negotiate _____ into the collective bargaining agreement.

A(n)_____ campaign tries to enroll employees in the union in the unit the union seeks to represent.

The National Labor Relations Board acts as a referee in the process of organizing unions.

Elections can be held even if an election result was certified within the previous year.

Monopoly power generally leads to a union wage deprivation.