Exam 1: Contemporary Labor Relations: Objectives, Practices, and Challenges

Which of the following outcomes cannot generally be attributed to unions?

Regardless of the impact on productivity or efficiency,it is argued that industrial democracy is important to the U.S.because:

One important goal of U.S.labor law is to increase purchasing power of workers.

A key role of unions is to negotiate work rules and practices that ensure fair treatment of employees by their managers and employers.

According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights issued by the United Nations,it is considered a basic human right for:

Part of the decline in union density may be due to the fact that newer entrants to the workforce are less likely to have ever experienced the benefits of unionization and therefore are less likely to become union members themselves.

Business pressures for competitiveness and quality have affected the collective bargaining process in all of the following ways except:

Explain the fundamental conflict over property rights versus worker rights.

An organization that allows its employees to exercise their voice in the workplace using democratic principles similar to those that are commonly accepted in a democratic society is one that exercises industrial democracy.

In nonunion environments,management has unilateral control over when and how employees are allowed to express their voice.

The _____________________ is a term used to describe the difference between the percentage of workers who express interest in representation in the workplace and the number that are unionized.

Which of the following appears to be true about management and worker views on employee voice?

Compared to other countries,the system of labor relations in the U.S.is

Most industrialized countries give employers wide latitude to dismiss employees "at will" (i.e. ,without a just cause. )

Labor relations systems in other countries tend to follow a neoliberal market ideology,which sees the employment relationship as one in which balance between competing interests must be achieved.

Neoliberal market ideology places the needs and rights of workers before efficiency and profits.

A group of employees decide to walk off the job together to protest unsafe working conditions.Which of the following is true?

How does U.S.labor law strike a balance between efficiency,equity and voice?

The number of U.S.workers who say they want representation or a "collective voice" at the workplace is very close to the number of workers that actually have it through unions.

Generally,if the majority of workers in a particular workplace want union representation,their employer is required by U.S.law to negotiate with them over wages,hours,and working conditions.