Exam 13: What Should Labor Relations Do?

Union pension funds are prohibited from using their standing as stockholders to influence corporate strategies and governance.

Social movement unionism attempts to move beyond structural power as a way to achieve its goals and instead also emphasizes power that comes from _______________________________ legitimacy.

A _______________________________ union is one that represents only a minority of the employees in a given workplace.

The TEAM Act would have made it easier to form nonunion employee representation plans.

In a recent meeting with the CEO and top executive management team,an HR manager was asked to present several possible HR responses to the economic downturn,including layoffs.This responsibility best illustrates the HR manager's role as:

The primary basis for needing to transform the NLRA into something completely different is the long-standing culture of _______________________________ that arises from exclusive representation and majority support rules.

It is essential for the NLRA to be modified to allow employees who support a union but do not constitute a majority to be represented by a union.

Human resource managers must act as ___________________________________ when they balance competing internal and external pressures.

The shareholder value model has been criticized for its tendency to foster a management preoccupation with _______________________________.

Associational unions can strike but they also use political pressure and poor publicity to pressure employers to meet their demands.

Social movement unionism rejects the narrow business unionism focus on collective bargaining and instead increases labor union's focus on working class issues such as improving community,society and worker voice in politics.

Unions are starting to push their agendas by pursing investment strategies that reinforce a broader social agenda rather than just simple short-term profits.

The TEAM Act would have made it easier to form nonunion employee representation plans.

In the shareholder model of corporate governance,shareholder satisfaction should be the primary concern of a company.

A union that negotiates "members-only" agreements on behalf of workers who want a union where there is not yet full support is a:

Which of the following is not a commonly proposed NLRA reform?

Human resource managers must act as _______________________________ when they must shape contracts and labor management partnerships to promote competitiveness in a global economy.

Social voice is most strongly advocated by_______________________________ unionism.

Financialization is a term used to describe the shareholder models' emphasis on short term profits rather than,say,the delivery of valued or needed goods and services.

Substantive changes to the NLRA would include expanding NLRA coverage,removing restrictions on secondary boycotts,and widening the scope of bargaining items.