Exam 4: Unions and Management: Key Participants in the Labor Relations Process

Congress,through the Landrum-Griffin Act,has attempted to strengthen the union democratic process by giving power to union members to protect themselves against irresponsible leaders.

Which of the following did not encourage union mergers?

The craft unions and the industrial unions differ in a number of areas.Which of the following is not one of those areas?

Double-breasting is a practice employed by a company with a "union-avoidance" strategy.

A feature that distinguishes the business agent of a craft union from the president of an industrial union is that he/she:

The largest percentage of money paid to the national union goes to:

The potential advantages of a merger of two unions,compared with the risks of not merging,suggest that mergers of unions will continue in the future.

The Act passed by Congress which reflected its concern with union abuse and the potential misuse of union power was the Landrum-Griffin Act.

Because craft union members may work on several job sites for several employers,craft unions have decided to expand the scope of their labor agreements to national coverage.

The convention makes use of the delegate system,in which the number of delegates allowed depends on the number of members in the local.

If you are a member of an AFL-CIO affiliated union,then you are a member of the AFL-CIO.

The act which has six titles covering union government and operations is the:

Craft unions have less independence from their national union headquarters than industrial unions.

The processes in democratic unions,such as officer elections,make the union leaders less responsive to the membership.

A company's labor relations strategy is NOT determined by:

Joint councils,such as the building trade councils,involve groupings of conference boards that have common goals,employers,and interests.

The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)now includes all of the major U.S.labor unions.

The employees who receive the benefits from the union,but who pay no dues are called:

Although unions claim to operate under a democratic ideal,in reality,the typical union member has less say in the way the union operates than most citizens have in their governments or most stockholders have in their corporations.

In some cases,double-breasting appears to be a deliberate strategy designed to maximize company opportunities.