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The Labor Movement
Unions & the Law
Union Drive & Election
Collective Bargaining
What's Next for Unions
100
About ________% of people working in the United States belong to unions.
What is 12%
100
Which of the following guaranteed each employee the right to bargain collectively free from interference, restraint, or coercion? A) National Labor Relations Act B) Norris-LaGuardia Act C) National Labor Relations Board D) Taft-Hartley Act
What is Norris-LaGuardia Act
100
What is the first step in the union drive process? A) obtaining authorization cards from employees B) making initial contact with employees C) holding an initial organization hearing D) campaigning for employee votes
What is B) making initial contact with employees
100
Which of the following is a characteristic of good-faith bargaining? A) overlooking bargaining items B) making unilateral changes C) making counterproposals D) bypassing union representatives
What is C) making counterproposals
100
All of the following most likely explain the decline in union membership EXCEPT ________. A) increased global competition B) improved wages and benefits C) technological improvements D) legislative protections for workers
What is B) improved wages and benefits
200
Under this form of union security, the company can hire only current union members.
What is the closed shop.
200
Which of the following best describes a "yellow-dog" contract? A) Employers agree to abide by the guidelines of the local labor unions. B) As a condition of employment, an employee agrees to not join a union. C) Union members agree to the agency shop form of union security. D) As a condition of employment, an employee agrees not to picket.
What is B) As a condition of employment, an employee agrees to not join a union.
200
This term refers to a union organizing tactic by which union members are placed on non-union job sites?
What is union salting
200
Mandatory bargaining items
What are wages, hours and working conditions.
200
If passed, the Employee Free Choice Act would ________. A) allow mass union e-mails at the workplace B) allow the formation of global unions C) institute a card check system D) overturn the Wagner Act
What is C) institute a card check system
300
Which type of union security accounts for almost three-fourths of union contracts?
What is union shop.
300
19) Which of the following bans certain unfair labor practices and provides for majority rule and secret ballot elections? A) Landrum-Griffin Act B) Norris-LaGuardia Act C) Wagner Act D) Taft-Hartley Act
What is C) Wagner Act
300
What percentage of eligible employees in a bargaining unit must sign authorization cards in order for the union to petition the NLRB for an election?
What is 30%
300
Which of the following terms refers to a collective bargaining situation that occurs when the parties are not able to move further toward settlement? A) impasse B) picketing C) arbitration D) wildcat strike
What is A) impasse
300
Union members at ABC Manufacturing are striking because management and the union failed to reach an agreement on the health benefits aspect of a contract. This is most likely an example of what kind of strike.
What is economic strike
400
This 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.
What is the union shop.
400
21) The National Labor Relations Board was primarily established for the purpose of ________. A) investigating unfair labor practice charges B) overseeing the establishment of local unions C) managing the membership of the AFL-CIO D) negotiating contracts on behalf of local unions
What is A) investigating unfair labor practice charges
400
Union authorization cards serve all of the following functions EXCEPT ________. A) subjecting the employee to union rules B) stating that the employee has applied for membership C) designating the union as a bargaining representative D) enabling employers to modify employment conditions
What is D) enabling employers to modify employment conditions
400
Which third-party intervention uses a neutral third party to assist the principals in reaching agreement? A) fact finding B) mediation C) binding arbitration D) nonbinding arbitration
What is B) mediation
400
An unauthorized strike occurring during the term of a contract.
What is wildcat strike.
500
This form of union security means that the employees who do not belong to the union still must pay union dues because the union's efforts benefit them all.
What is the agency shop.
500
The Taft-Hartley Act amended the Wagner Act in all of the following ways EXCEPT by ________. A) prohibiting unfair labor practices B) limiting the power of the National Labor Review Board C) enumerating the rights of employees as union members D) enumerating the rights of employers
What is B) limiting the power of the National Labor Review Board
500
The union becomes the employees' representative if it receives ________. A) a majority of the votes cast B) a majority of the votes cast by the bargaining unit C) signed authorization cards from 30% of employees D) written approval from the employer and the NLRB
What is A) a majority of the votes cast
500
Which intervention method listed below is the most definitive of all third-party interventions? A) fact finding B) mediation C) binding arbitration D) interest arbitration
What is C) binding arbitration
500
This strike occurs when one union strikes in support of the strike of another union.
What is a sympathy strike.