Exam 15: Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining

All states give unions the right to require union membership as a condition of employment.

In the majority of NLRB elections, the employer loses because top management fails to focus enough attention on money and benefits.

Hyper-Tech Enterprises manufactures mechanical parts used in air conditioning and heating units. The company employs over 300 workers at its Alabama facility. None of the Hyper-Tech employees belong to a union; however, management believes that unionization is in the near future. A representative of a local union has recently visited Hyper-Tech in an attempt to solicit members and have them sign authorization cards. Enough eligible employees have signed authorization cards to petition the NLRB for an election. Hyper-Tech's top executives are considering fighting the unionization efforts. Which of the following questions is LEAST relevant to the decision by Hyper-Tech to fight unionization efforts?

All of the following are examples of permissible bargaining items EXCEPT ________.

Which of the following is a characteristic of good faith bargaining?

Which of the following terms refers to an unfair labor practice in which a union requires an employer to pay an employee for services not performed?

Fact finding seeks to end an impasse by ________.

Prior to 1930, employers attempted to limit the influence of unions using all of the following methods EXCEPT ________.

With the maintenance of membership arrangement of union security, how long must union members employed by a firm maintain union membership?

What is union security? Explain the five types of union security.

Weekly earnings of union members are much higher than those of nonunion workers.

Union activism and unclear job descriptions are often underlying causes for employee grievances.

The term ________ describes statutory or constitutional provisions banning the requirement of union membership as a condition of employment.

Smithson management has refused to provide union workers with work shifts as a result of reaching an impasse during collective bargaining. Which of the following best describes Smithson's actions?

What are the different types of strikes? What is the purpose of picketing during a strike?

When representatives of Ford's management and the autoworkers' union meet to negotiate a labor agreement, which of the following is most likely occurring?

The Change to Win Coalition was formed by several large unions that left the AFL-CIO due to concerns that the AFL-CIO was not aggressively organizing workers.

Costco is primarily known as "the anti-Walmart" because the firm ________.

The Taft-Hartley Act amended the Wagner Act in all of the following ways EXCEPT by ________.

Which intervention method listed below is the most definitive of all third-party interventions?