Real-World Applications
One of the three popular reasons for workers to go on strike.
What is low wages, poor treatment, and unsafe working conditions?
This act was modeled after the NLRA.
What is the Federal Labor Relations Act?
True or False? The NLRA was passed in 1945
False- It was passed in 1935
Employees should receive equal pay for equal work, and wages should coincide with the cost of living.
What is Fair Wages?
Workers protesting against their organization and refusing to work.
What is a strike?
This board doesn’t get involved every time a CBA is violated.
What is the NLRB?
What does the NLRA give employees the right to do?
Organize and collectively bargain with employers
Employers must adhere with all health and safety policies to prevent workplace hazards.
What is Safe Working Conditions?
True or False, Employers meeting the demands made by unionized workers are guaranteed.
What is False?
Before these Amendments, employees and their employers could sue each other in state court.
What is the Taft-Hartley Amendments?
True or False? It is an Unfair Labor Practice if an employer fires a worker for discussing unionization
True
Excessive overtime can lead to employee burnout; fair labor laws ensure employees have enough rest.
What is Reasonable Working Hours?
The process that must occur before an agreement is met between employer and employee
What is a Negotiation?
This legal entity can call for arbitration provisions in agreements to be honored by employers.
What is the Supreme Court?
Name one way a union can commit an unfair labor practice?
Forcing employees to join
Coercing them into union activities
Refusing to bargain in good faith
Employment opportunities should be based on skills and qualifications, not race, gender, religion, or other protected characteristics.
What is Freedom from Discrimination?