Exam 5: Why and How Unions Are Organized

The NLRB prohibits the showing of films to discourage employees from joining a union.

The rules that are allowed in health care facilities when they are applied to patient's rooms,sitting rooms,operating rooms,and any other place patients receive treatment which affects the patients' recovery are called:

The company may actively assist employees who are interested in launching a decertification campaign.

The union pre-election campaign usually goes through the following stages except:

Employer questioning of an employee to discern union sentiment is an automatic violation of NLRA section 8 (a)(1).

If employees choose to decertify their union,there cannot be another representation election for twelve months.

The following is NOT a method or procedure in organizing unions:

The NLRB has upheld the right of the union to discipline union members who actively participate in the campaign to decertify the union as long as the action does not affect employment status.

Unions are improving their organizing capabilities through the training of union organizers at the ___________.

What percent of the anticipated bargaining unit is needed to conduct a representation election?

A simple majority of employees that vote in a union representation election is required in order for employees to win union representation.

The theory based on the belief that employees might seek collective action to relieve their feelings of alienation is called the:

Whenever employees believe that the union is not representing the interests of the majority,employees may initiate a:

Which of the following employer tactic(s)has(ve)a negative effect (union loses)on election outcome?

In forming and joining a union,employees mainly consider whether the union will improve their personal situations in terms of wages and benefits,promotional opportunities,and job security.

Positive human resource management practices,such as job enrichment/enlargement,internal promotions,learning opportunities,bonus and merit pay,and employee involvement programs,seem to increase nonunion workers' desire to vote for a union in a representation election.

What percentage of the eligible voters usually vote in NLRB elections?

Unions are attractive to the many employees concerned about job security regardless of their skill level.

Under the NLRA,the group of employees that has a choice on whether to be included in a mixed bargaining unit is:

The bill that required the NLRB to certify a union if the majority of employees signed union authorization cards,stated a procedure for the invocation of the first collective bargaining agreement,and imposed penalties for employer violations of certain unfair labor practices was called the: