Exam 14: Understanding Unionization and Collective Bargaining

Local unions elect a(n) _____, an employee elected by his or her work unit to act as the union representative at the workplace and to respond to company actions against employees that may violate the labor agreement.

Which of the following types of bargaining used in contract negotiation results in a win-lose situation?

What are the four major approaches to collective bargaining between unions and management?

Which of the following is an example of a condition that strongly influences an employee's decision to join a union?

The Labor-Management Relations Act has established three categories of issues for negotiation. List them.

Four important influences on an employee's decision to join a union are dissatisfaction at work, lack of power, management efforts, and union instrumentality.

In order for the NLRB to be petitioned for a representation election, union organizers must secure authorization cards from _____ of the company employees who will make up the bargaining unit.

What is the largest umbrella organization for national unions in the United States?

Which of the following describes an employee who would most likely be able to force an employer to improve work conditions?

Which of the following is an example of a permissive issue to be discussed during a collective bargaining session?

What are the responsibilities of line managers in unionization and collective bargaining?

What determines the level of success of a strike?

During contract negotiations, it becomes clear that management will either agree to more generous medical benefits or to a moderate hourly wage increase. Older (thus, more senior) union members already make high wages and they have many medical expenses for themselves and their families. Younger (less senior) union members make lower wages and, since they are younger and less likely to be married or have children, they are not very interested in medical benefits. In order for the union to present a united face to management at the bargaining table, what needs to occur here?

When several unions bargain with a single employer, it is called:

In which of the following industries are you most likely to find wide-area and multicraft bargaining?

Unionization is the effort by employees and outside agencies to act as a single unit when dealing with management over issues relating to their work.

What was a negative characteristic of early unions?

The most direct and dramatic response to a union-management negotiation deadlock that the union can make is a:

What type of union-management relationship is becoming increasingly common today?

Last year, Mukluk, Inc., a small family-owned manufacturer of mud and snow boots was bought by a larger organization when the founder of the small firm decided to retire. With the change in management came many changes in policies, procedures and organizational culture. It used to be a "laid-back" and informal organization, where any line employee could talk personally with the founder. Now, rules are strict, production quotas are high, and line employees are grumbling that the supervisors are "slave drivers." What has changed about this organization that will make it prone to unionization?