Exam 32: Labor Law

The National Labor Relations Act establishes the right of employers to terminate the employment of members of unions whose continued picketing hinders the progress of the business.

Which of the following is an illegal strike?

Unskilled and semi-skilled workers did not qualify as members of the Congress of Industrial Organizations.

Individual unions are not allowed to join the AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations); the members need to be individual employees.

The inaccessibility exception is a rule that permits employees and union officials to engage in union solicitation on company property if the employees are beyond reach of reasonable union efforts to communicate with them.

A decertification election is held when an employer does not want the presence of multiple unions in the organization.

The laborers at Lillon Fabrics are paid on a daily-wage basis. When the employee union announces a strike that involves cessation of work, one of the employees, Lina, is hesitant to participate, as it would mean her employer withholding her pay. Which of the following is true of this case?

Most union elections are contested by the employer. The ________ is required to supervise all contested elections where a simple majority vote wins the election.

Secondary boycott picketing is legal if it is product picketing.

The action of strikers walking in front of an employer's premises, carrying signs announcing their strike is known as ________.

The act of negotiating contract terms between an employer and the members of a union is known as ________.

________ picketing is a type of picketing in which a union tries to bring pressure against an employer by picketing the employer's suppliers or customers.

Wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment are permissive subjects of collective bargaining.

________ prohibits unions from engaging in unfair labor practices that interfere with a union election.

The ________ was a labor union formed in 1886 that only allowed craft workers such as silversmiths and artisans to be its members.

Sit-down strikes in which employees occupy their employer's premises are illegal.

The ________ is a federal act that requires employers with 100 or more employees to give their employees 60 days' notice before engaging in certain plant closings or layoffs.

What legal course of action is available to a corporation if its employees go on strike without 60-day notice?

An act of an employer to prevent employees from entering the work premises when the employer reasonably anticipates a strike is known as an employee lockout.