Exam 12: Dealing With Union and Employeemanagement Issues

A large number of striking workers are currently picketing at the plant entrance to a Memphis Tire and Rubber plant.Because the pickets have threatened people entering the plant and have vandalized some company property,Memphis' management believes it has just cause to ask the courts for an)__________ placing limits on the number of pickets and their actions while picketing.

Last year,a retired schoolteacher moved her parents from Michigan to northern Illinois to live with her.For the past year,she was traveling two times each month to provide care for this eighty-six year old couple,including coordinating medical services and meals.In conversations with her family members,the teacher remarked,"If I were not already retired,I would have to quit my job to continue this way!" This retired teacher:

Unions were originally formed __________________.

For 20 years,the CIO was a major rival of the AFL in the contest for leadership of the labor movement.

A union shop agreement is illegal in states that have passed right-to-work laws.

The use of strikebreakers did not become a common management tactic used in labor disputes until the 1980s.

A yellow-dog contract required workers to agree not to join a union as a condition of their employment.

Robert and Jenny are co-workers who enjoy flirting with each other while at work.They both view their actions as harmless fun,as do the other employees in their office.Their flirtation does not offend the other workers or make them feel threatened or uncomfortable.Nevertheless,under current criteria,both Jenny and Robert could be found guilty of sexual harassment.

The Food Source Grocery chain stocks the products of Vegi-Delite Food Company at all of their supermarkets.The Teamsters Union is currently involved in a labor dispute with Vegi-Delite.The union has already encouraged its members and the general public not to buy Vegi-Delite products.Now it is threatening Food Source with the possibility of a boycott if it continues to carry the Vegi-Delite line.The union is threatening Food Source with an):

The key difference between an agency shop agreement and an open shop agreement is that in an agency shop:

The main objectives of organized labor,better wages and shorter hours,have remained remarkably stable over time.

The strike historically has been the most powerful weapon unions use to achieve their objectives in labor disputes.

When workers go on strike,management is often compelled to keep the business operation running.If it is unable to achieve this on its own,management may:

In 1997,the Supreme Court ruled that same sex harassment is prohibited by sexual harassment laws.

_________ sexual harassment refers to situations in which an employee's submission to unwanted conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of employment or is used to influence employment decisions affecting the worker's job status.

Drug problems among workers is costing the U.S.economy upwards of ______ in lost work,health care costs,and even crime and accidents.

Workers at the West Fenton plant of Malzone Industries have gone out on strike.Management believes it could continue operating the plant during the strike by hiring replacement workers.If the company hires nonunion workers to continue its operations,it will be violating a recent Supreme Court ruling that declared hiring replacement workers as a violation of the Wagner Act.

In the future,unions are likely to leave training and recruitment of workers to management,and focus instead on encouraging those workers to join the union.

If management tries to threaten or punish Ima and Boyd for their efforts to gain union representation,the two workers could ask the ____________ to investigate these unfair labor practices.

Speculating on the future of organized labor unions,which of the following statements best summarizes real concerns?