Exam 11: Enhancing Union-Management Relations

The most extreme technique labor can use during a disagreement with management is the

The labor contract for the employees at Samsung Construction will expire soon. The negotiating committee has just reached an agreement with management on the new contract. If union membership votes not to accept the new contract, what action will probably follow?

A(n) ____ is an organization of workers acting together to negotiate their wages and working conditions with employers.

There are boycotts, primary boycotts, and secondary boycotts. Explain each one fully, indicating which are legal (if any) and which are illegal (if any).

Pure Milk Dairy is pretty certain its production employees will strike in the next few days. To ensure minimum spoilage of work-in-process and inventory, the dairy might

The truth about unions today is that they

Perhaps the major accomplishment of the Industrial Workers of the World was to

The first significant labor union was the CIO.

The AFL did not favor the use of strikes, whereas the KOL strongly believed that striking is an effective labor weapon.

The Taft-Hartley Act was designed to provide a balance between union power and management power.

A formally established course of action for resolving employee complaints against management is called a

If some workers at a General Electric refrigeration factory wanted a union, the outcome of the election to decide whether or not to have a union would be determined by

An employee elected by union members to serve as their representative in a grievance procedure is known as the

Around 1940, the AFL began to argue with the CIO over who

The plant manager just told you to get back to work or be fired despite the fact that you have forty-five minutes left before your lunch hour is over. Because this violates the labor contract that your union negotiated for plant employees, you immediately explain your grievance to the

A slowdown is a type of boycott.

____ is defined as time worked in excess of forty hours in one week.

How does a work slowdown differ from a wildcat strike?

A formally established course of action for resolving employee complaints against management is called arbitration.

Crain's United, Inc. (CUI) Joe and his father, Paul, have worked as crane operators for Crain's United for the past sixteen years. Joe and his dad belong to the same trade union, and they've noticed how things have changed over the years―especially the declining membership in the union. Paul has seen many changes over the years in union-management relationships and the increasing role that government plays through legislation. Paul often tells stories about how aspects of working life have evolved from what they used to be when he first joined the union. Poor working conditions, the absence of a minimum wage, and the lack of employer-provided security are now mostly things of the past. Paul hopes, for the sake of the worker, that the situation continues to improve. Every time Joe hears about Paul's experiences, he is comforted that his active involvement in the union is not in vain and that his struggle for workers' rights will have beneficial results. -Refer to Crain's United, Inc. Through which act did the federal government initiate the minimum wage standard?