Exam 12: Dealing With Union and Employeemanagement Issues

Jenna is a member of a union team that is negotiating with management to obtain a labor contract for the workers represented by the union.Jenna is involved in contract arbitration.

Postal workers and other employees of the federal government who provide important services are allowed to form unions,but are denied the right to strike.

Alcohol and drug abuse are serious workplace issues but they involve far fewer workers than AIDS does.

The AFL-CIO was a major supporter of the NAFTA agreement to expand trade and commerce among the nations of the United States,Canada,and Mexico.

The primary purpose of collective bargaining is to:

The Taft-Hartley Act gives the president the power to require striking workers in any industry to return to their jobs for a cooling-off period while representatives of management and the union continue to negotiate.

One goal of the Landrum-Griffin Act was to clean up union corruption.

The Norris-LaGuardia Act prohibits firms from requiring workers to agree not to join a union as a condition of their employment.

On-site child-care remains the only acceptable way for firms to meet the childcare concerns of their employees.

Which of the following statements about the costs of elder care is most accurate?

Today,over 80% of all companies require some type of drug testing.

The Making Ethical Decisions box titled,"Walking a Fine Line" discusses:

It is estimated that firms lose ___________ annually in productivity,absenteeism,and employee turnover due to caring for aging parents.

If management and union officials cannot resolve a grievance,an)_________ is asked to listen to the arguments of each side and to make a decision that both sides will have to comply with.

As an employee of the human resource department of a major corporation,you are concerned about the potential costs of drug abuse.You are contemplating testing employees for substance abuse.Before adopting such tests,you should know that:

Which of the following acts gave more power to management in its relations with organized labor?

In the past,a variety of professionals have served as mediators.If a labor dispute were to breakout between the management at an auto manufacturer and the local union that represents workers at the auto manufacturing plant,it would be highly unusual for a university professor who has studied labor relations to be asked to mediate.The disputing parties would save his time for something more serious like arbitration.

After adjusting for inflation,the average executive compensation is actually a little lower now than it was in 1960.

The __________ sets the tone and clarifies the terms and conditions under which labor and management agree to function over a specific period of time.

Amie was recently hired at Kreigmeister Industries as a repairperson.She was informed that if she chose not to join the union representing her fellow repair workers,she would still have to pay a fee to the union.Apparently,Kreigmeister operates under an):