Exam 18: The Rights of Union Members

Keith Evans, the union leader at Riviera Die Castings Inc., decides to express his opinion regarding unfair labor practice at the company, but the employer threatens him with termination if he communicates with union members. In this case, the employer has violated _____ of the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, which provides the rights of freedom of speech and assembly for union members.

Which legislation controls the operation and administration of employee welfare and pension plans?

What are the rights guaranteed under Section (10)(a)(1) of the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act?

Who established the content of notice under a new executive order issued by President Barak Obama?

The National Labor Relations Board holds that breach of the duty of fair representation by a union is a(n):

The rights of freedom of speech and assembly for union members are provided under Section _____ of the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act.

The duty of fair representation is a judicially created obligation on the part of the union to represent fairly all employees in the:

In Boilermakers v. Hardeman, Hardeman filed suit against the union, alleging that it violated _____ by denying him a full and fair hearing in the union disciplinary proceedings.

In Hines v. Anchor Motor Freight, Inc., two truck drivers employed by Anchor Motor Freight, Inc., were discharged for allegedly submitting expense claims in excess of the actual costs of their motel rooms. The discharged employees filed suit against both the union and the employer. They alleged that because their discharge was not for good cause, the employer was in violation of the:

Explain the election procedure and requirements for election under Section 401 of the LMRDA?

In International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 776, AFL-CIO (Carolina Freight Carriers Corporation), Carolina hired Timothy Blosser as a casual dock laborer. The union sent Blosser a registered letter outlining what it asserted was his union membership and financial obligations. The letter stated that failure to join the union on the fixed date would lead to non-eligibility to work. Blosser believed the union's demand was a violation of:

In Herman v. Local 1011, United Steelworkers of America, the constitution of the steelworker's international union conditions eligibility for local office on the member's having attended at least eight of the local's monthly meetings within the two years preceding the election. Noting that the rule disqualifies 92 percent of the almost 3,000 members of Local 1011 of the steelworkers union, the District Judge, at the behest of the Secretary of Labor:

In _____, the Supreme Court held that to recover damages against both the employer and the union, the employee must prove both that the employer's actions violated the collective agreement and that the union's handling of the grievance breached the duty of fair representation.

In Syres v. Oil Workers Local 23, the Supreme Court held that the duty of fair representation also extended to unions granted bargaining agent status under _____ of the National Labor Relation Act.

Congress has legislated a union members' "bill of rights" to guarantee that union internal procedures are fair and has prohibited certain practices by unions that interfere with employees' rights under the:

How is the duty of fair representation enforced?

The requirement of exhausting contractual remedies flows from the policy of fostering:

Under which provision of the National Labor Relation Act is improper disciplinary action protected?

In Glover v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway, the Supreme Court held that employees _____ when the union and employer are cooperating in the violation of employee rights.

For an employee union, which of the following constitutes a breach of its duty of fair representation?