Exam 13: Labor Relations in the Public Sector

Like in the private sector, the market economic system controls the price, quality, and availability of most services in the public sector.

Under the Homeland Security Act of 2002, the President may waive employee and union rights granted under the Civil Service Reform Act.

The Civil Service Reform Act (CSRA) makes it an unfair labor practice for a party to refuse or fail to cooperate in impasse procedures.

What is the labor relations term used to describe the involvement of multiple parties in the collective bargaining process, particularly applicable to state and local level public sector bargaining?

The budget tends to play a more conspicuous role in private-sector collective bargaining than it does in public-sector bargaining.

While strikes have been outlawed for most public employees, they still occur in some states.

Public-sector unionization is highest in the Northeastern, Northern, and Western regions of the United States.

If a governmental unit privatizes a government service to a private business, the private employer is likely to be covered under the Labor Management Relations Act.

Favorable public-sector labor laws appear to be a significant factor encouraging growth in public-sector labor relations.

The designation granted to a labor union by the federal government that indicates that the union has been selected by secret ballot of employees to be the exclusive representative of a group of employees is called:

Which of the following is true about privatization?

Supervisors and managers have been granted the right to engage in collective bargaining in some states.

The Federal Service Impasse Panel (FSIP) investigates any negotiation impasse presented to it but is not authorized to take any action to settle the dispute.

Which one of the following organizations consists of one chairperson and at least six members appointed by the President that investigate any negotiation impasse presented and is authorized to take any necessary action to settle the dispute?

If a subject of collective bargaining is permissible, both parties are required to negotiate in good faith, even though an agreement may not be reached.

Which of the following is true about labor-management partnerships in the federal government.

Which of the following statements is false about the differences between the public and private sectors?

State laws that allow citizens to observe the collective bargaining process are referred to as:

The "sovereignty doctrine" means that elected officials retain the authority to make decisions.

Union negotiators have more difficulty determining "who speaks for management" in public-sector bargaining as compared to private-sector negotiations.