Exam 5: Labor and Management: Strategies, Structures, and Constraints

Some states have passed legislation granting university professors the right to unionize.At some schools,rather than negotiating a rigid wage schedule that applies to all professors,the union has negotiated a set of rules to govern individual wage negotiations between each professor and the university administration.This approach is best described as:

A perspective that sees unions as integral participants in a community's and country's civic and political activities is known as __________________ unionism.

Rather than establishing standardized job outcomes,employee empowerment unionism establishes processes and parameters that guide workers in one-on-one discussions with their employers to determine their job outcomes.

Union avoidance,a strategy of working toward remaining nonunion or becoming nonunion:

__________________________ focus on important industries or occupations within a national union and provide the opportunity for coordination and networking within a particular industry or occupation.

The ____________________ unionism philosophy believes that the key to achieving equity and voice is to win wage,benefit,and other gains through collective bargaining in the workplace.

Today most U.S.unions have a membership that consists of workers:

Local unions are charted by a _____________________________ which often has final authority over the local union's actions.

In most unions,the first person contacted when a grievance arises in the workplace is the union steward.

The "soul" of union representation refers to the degree of participation that union member's have in their own union representation decisions and actions.

What are the key ways in which the organizing model of union representation differs from the servicing model?

Forcing individuals to use themselves or their property against their will is an immoral act according to the ethical framework of virtue.

Under a model of social unionism,the labor movement's influence comes from:

Explain how the legal environment influences labor relations.

The traditional model of job control unionism which dominated the U.S.workplace in the 20^th century has been criticized for encouraging or creating all of the following except:

An international union federation will typically be involved in union organizing,negotiating,and grievance handling for a national or local union.

Is the product market important to labor relations? Why or why not?

A new HR manager is stunned when the owner of the company visits her one afternoon and proceeds to go through a laundry list of everything that is wrong with each of his employees.He characterizes them as lazy,unwilling to put forth any extra effort,and largely "in it for themselves." She has just learned that the owner of the business subscribes to:

Jon is a manager of a call center unit.He is generally pretty optimistic about his employees and characterizes them as hard-working,conscientious people who just want to be treated with respect while doing their work.We could characterize Jon's view of his employees as being consistent with:

_______________________ bargaining occurs when unions are pressured to agree to wage and benefit reductions,and/or elimination of certain work rules.