Exam 13: Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining

About ________% of people working in the United States belong to unions.

It is illegal for supervisors to discuss their opinions about unionization with employees.

In 1947,which type of union security was outlawed in interstate commerce?

Employers and unions can seek a court injunction to compel a party or parties to resume or desist from a certain action.

Which form of union security means that union members have preference in hiring,but the employer can hire non-union members?

All of the following are negotiating guidelines EXCEPT ________.

Which third-party intervention is commonly used in national emergency disputes?

List and describe the five steps involved in planning a union drive and election.

Which type of union security accounts for almost three-fourths of union contracts?

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association and the Federal Aviation Administration have reached an impasse during collective bargaining.Which of the following will most likely be used to reach a settlement?

Discuss the differences between unions before and after the Great Depression.What laws significantly affected U.S.unions?

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

It is legal for union organizers to solicit employees for membership as long as the effort does not endanger the performance or safety of the employees.

Which of the following guaranteed each employee the right to bargain collectively free from interference,restraint,or coercion?

In the case of an impasse during the collective bargaining negotiations,what can be done to overcome the impasse? Define each form of intervention.

Which of the following was established by the Wagner Act?

As an HR manager in the process of handling a grievance,you should treat the union representative as your equal and negotiate a solution privately without involving your higher level manager.

You are a supervisor at a large manufacturing firm.What should you do or not do during organizing and preelection campaigns? What should you do or not do when faced with employee grievances?

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 belongs 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?

Under which scenario would an HR manager be required to rehire a striker who wanted to be reinstated?