Exam 12: Dealing With Union and Employeemanagement Issues

According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 16% of job-related fatalities are homicides.

Geraldo works on the assembly line for a major automobile manufacturer. He was hired for the job without any specific training or skill. Geraldo joined a union with other assembly-line workers who perform a variety of jobs that do not require a highly specialized skill. Geraldo belongs to a(n):

A grievance is:

As a management executive left the meeting between his team and the company's union representatives and headed straight for the CEO's office, he reviewed where things seemed to break down. Union reps came to the table with three different offers to resolve the insurance and vacation benefits problems laborers were experiencing. Management offered its own resolutions-two different ones, to be exact. The problem was that a bargaining zone did not emerge. Neither side was willing to consider each other's alternatives. As he reached the CEO's door, he was ready to concede that the negotiations were probably headed to ________________.

The tragedy at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company caused:

In an agency shop agreement, workers who do not belong to the union must pay a union fee or pay regular union dues.

A key difference between a mediator and an arbitrator is that:

Today, more than 55 national and international labor unions are affiliated with the AFL-CIO.

At the Grenchit Corporation the union and management have not been able to reach a mutually satisfactory agreement on a grievance. The two sides have agreed to bring in a(n) _________ who will examine the evidence and arguments on both sides and issue a binding decision.

Two of the most important tactics used by unions when collective bargaining efforts break down are:

West coast dockworkers were locked out of their jobs in 29 west coast ports. Because many consumer goods used in the U.S. are transported from Asia to the U.S. through these ports, the lockout could have damaged the U.S. economy and security if allowed to continue. The President ordered the dockworkers back to work and both sides were ordered back to the bargaining table. Which of the following statements is the most accurate conclusion about the outcome of the labor dispute between the dockworkers union and shipping companies on the west coast? The dispute between the dockworkers and shipping companies showed that:

John belongs to a labor union. He believes a few key people run the union by meeting secretly and making decisions without informing other members or allowing them to fully participate in the meetings. If John's suspicions are correct, the union is violating provisions of the __________ Act.

Until passage of the Taft-Hartley Act, under a closed shop agreement, a company could only hire workers who already belonged to a union.

A common tactic of management in labor disputes is the use of secondary boycotts.

When workers go on strike, management is often compelled to keep the business operation running. If it is unable to achieve this on its own, management may:

The first national labor organization in the United States was the:

Today's labor leaders claim that the tragedy at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company is proof of why labor unions are crucial to maintain workplace balance in the U.S.

The subject "Who pays for childcare when the parent(s) works?" is

The ability of unions to achieve key goals in the future will depend on their ability to:

The workers at the Kerriton Company are unhappy with the way their union has been representing them. The Wagner Act allows these workers to take away the union's right to represent them through a process known as decertification.