Exam 9: Contract Clauses and Their Administration

Weingarten rights give union workers the right to have a union representative present at any disciplinary meeting as long as that representative does not prevent reasonable questioning of the employee by the employer.

Exclusive bargaining rights,a bulletin board in the workplace,and a union security clause are examples of ________________ rights.

Nonunion grievance processes that end with a peer review as the final step have lower grievance filing rates than nonunion systems in which the final decision is made by a manager.

Nearly every U.S.union contract contains a right-to-sue clause in which employees are entitled to file a legal challenge to managerial actions that they feel violate their rights under the contract.

What are "Beck" rights,where do they stem from,and in what way are they related to agency shop agreements?

Superseniority is a term that is used to describe seniority rights given to supervisors.

In 1960 the Supreme Court issued a set if decisions known as the ____________________________ which established the legal authority of arbitrator's to make final and binding decisions and the obligation of parties to abide by those decisions.

The notion that management retains all rights to make decisions on issues that are not explicitly addressed in the contract is called the:

Both grievants and supervisors involved in grievances are more likely to leave their jobs (either quit or be fired)than those who are not involved in grievances.

A meeting between higher level management and union officials usually occurs at step __________________ of a union grievance procedure.

What percentage of union contracts specify that employees can only be disciplined or discharged for just cause?

An agreement that requires employees to settle disputes with their employer using arbitration instead of a lawsuit is known as:

In making a decision about the merits of a particular grievance,the arbitrator's role is to set aside his own personal beliefs and simply interpret and apply the contract as it was written by the parties.

If management wants to retain the right to make unilateral decisions about various aspects of the workplace such as work assignments or the ability to introduce new technology,they are required to state this in the contract.

The arbitration process strongly resembles court proceedings in that it utilizes similar rules of evidence,burden of proof,etc.However,unlike a judge,the arbitrator also has the ability to work outside these rules when necessary.As such,arbitration can be called a _______________________________ process.

The Steelworkers Trilogy established:

In arbitration an employee will be found guilty only if the employer can demonstrate ___________________proof of guilt.

A recent certification election at Lutz Industries,a large manufacturing company,ended with the union winning representation rights.Management and the union are now preparing for their first contract bargaining sessions.Assume that you are the chief negotiator for the management team.Describe your goals for protecting management rights at Lutz Industries.

A _______________________________ clause defines the workers' obligations to pay dues and union membership rules (e.g. ,mandatory or voluntary).

When interpreting contract language,an arbitrator will look to _______________________________ to determine how prior incidents of the same or similar issues were handled by the employer and union.