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

The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations now includes all of the major U.S. labor unions.

Which of the following is not a goal of the union?

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

Joint councils involve groupings of conference boards that have common goals, employers, and interests.

Most union presidents have unrestricted authority to appoint their staff, regulate locals, and direct the activities of the national union.

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

The AFL-CIO is very active in the political arena. However, which of the following are not actions of the AFL-CIO?

Representatives (number of delegates) for the AFI-CIO convention are chosen in the following manner:

An international union representative:

Attendance at local union meetings often varies between five and ten percent of the membership.

Participation in a typical local union meeting usually varies between:

Low attendance at union meetings should not be taken as the real measure of union participation because:

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

The AFL-CIO established the Ethical Practices Committee in its efforts to control corrupt practices and racketeering of its member unions.

The international union representative, in addition to organizing new unions, also helps the local unions in grievance administration and labor arbitration.

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.

Union participation in local union activities is higher:

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

The term(s) used to describe the merging together of two or more unions is/are:

While corruption within unions receives much media coverage, the facts indicate that unions compare favorably with other segments of society in complying with the laws.