Exam 13: What Should Labor Relations Do

For workers who are already unionized, one of the biggest weakness in the NLRA is the failure to prohibit the use of all strike replacements.

The law grants shareholders _______________________________ in exchange for serving the public interest.

Which of the following is not a proposal to replace exclusive representation and majority support?

Employee empowerment unionism encourages individual employees to negotiate:

Union leaders are faced with several roles which, at times, conflict with each other, placing them in the role of "navigator."

Employee empowerment unionism uses the solidarity of employee to negotiate explicit wage rates tied to jobs, not individuals.

The view that businesses are a social and legal construct and not purely private institutions is consistent with:

How can organized labor use participation in ESOPs as both a defensive and offensive tool in strengthening labor's bargaining power?

The United Farm Workers, led by _______________________________, successfully worked with religious groups and community activities to stage nationwide grape and lettuce boycotts.

Social movement unionism would serve employee interests by:

The most challenging role that human resource managers play is that of "navigator" because they must manage labor relations in a way that creates balance between competing internal and external needs.

An _______________________________ is a cooperative document that specifies the principles of a labor-management relationship based on union and employee involvement in business decision making in return for greater union commitment to competitiveness and risk sharing.

What is "associational unionism" and why might it be better suited to meet the needs of today's labor force than the traditional model of unionism.

Proposals to revitalize the labor movement by increasing the traditional bargaining power of U.S. and unions fall into the category of solidarity unionism.

The union model typically used in professional sports and entertainment is employee empowerment unionism.

The Justice for Janitors campaigns are an example of social movement unionism in which organized labor championed workers' issues that extended beyond the workplace.

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.

A stakeholder model of corporate governance is consistent with the current adversarial model of U.S. employee relations.

Associational unions try to capitalize on the separate strengths of unions and:

The TEAM Act is an example of legislation proposed that would "loosen" the NLRA by making it easier to form labor-management committees.