Exam 18: Labour-Management Relations

Kyle Woolery just joined a company that has a union that will represent him.The company operates under an open shop arrangement.What do these circumstances suggest?

Which of the following is a group of workers who have organized in order to pursue common work-related goals,such as better wages and benefits,safer working conditions,and greater job security?

The Major League Baseball Players' and the National Football League Players' associations are both examples of industrial unions.

Studies concerning the impact of unions on labour productivity have shown which of the following?

What is a labour union? What are the two basic ways that unions can be organized?

What is the term for workers walking and carrying signs near the entrance of an establishment with which they have a dispute in order to publicize their position and concerns?

Explain the types of topics discussed in a collective bargaining process.

Although they help organize new local unions and provide locals with leadership training,national unions generally take a "hands-off" approach when it comes to the actual process of negotiating a labour contract.

Jeff Biddle is a member of his union's collective bargaining team,and Bailey Sharp is on the management's bargaining team.As part of the negotiating process,Jeff and Bailey are working together to find solutions to some difficult issues involving the health care benefits the company offers employees.They hope to create a win-win solution that can be incorporated into the new labour contract.This suggests that the collective bargaining process is taking which type of approach?

As a labour tactic,a boycott occurs when a union and its supporters refuse to do business with an employer during a labour dispute.

Evaluate the impact unions have had on their members' welfare and the economy as a whole,and explain the new challenges that today's unions face.

A labour union is a group of workers who have organized to work together to achieve common job-related goals,such as higher wages,better working conditions,and greater job security.

The level at which most members interact with their union is referred to as which of the following?

Which of the following about union membership in recent years is true?

The union representing hourly workers at the Hilltown Auto Plant is gearing up for negotiations.The negotiating team is working on a list of demands.They intend to use whatever tactics are necessary to get the company to accept these demands.For its part,the management team plans to push hard to get the union to give up many of its benefits in order to cut costs.The attitudes of the two sides suggest this negotiating process will be an example of which of the following?

Frank Meadows has never been a member of a union.However,the company that hired him operates under a union shop arrangement,and Frank's job is one covered under the union contract.Frank will have to join the union within a specified time period if he wants to keep his job.

Under a union shop arrangement,an employer agrees only to hire workers who already belong to a union.

Explain how labour contracts are negotiated.Disagreements about documents as long and complex as labour contracts are not unusual.Name and describe the procedure workers can follow if they feel their employer has not lived up to the collective bargaining agreement.

Which of the following provide services to their local unions,including legal advice and leadership training,and also provide assistance to locals during collective bargaining?

Under federal laws governing the process of collective bargaining,topics dealing with wages,benefits,and working conditions are which of the following?