Exam 13: What Should Labor Relations Do

Which of the following unionism models is most likely to collaborate with management?

Which of the following is considered a substantive change proposed to improve the NLRA?

_______________________________ changes to strengthen the NLRA are small, incremental changes such as increasing monetary penalties or reducing election delays resulting from legal challenges.

A union that negotiates "members-only" agreements on behalf of workers who want a union where there is not yet full support is a:

Advocates of deregulating labor law argue that the decline in unionization in the U.S. is due to the fact that:

In between proponents looking to strengthen the NLRA and those looking to regulate are individuals who argue a compromise position that the NLRA should be "loosened." What are the arguments for loosening the NLRA and what proposals have been suggested as ways to do this? Refer specifically to that section of the NLRA where modifications have been proposed.

The most important barrier to labor law reform in the U.S. is:

A labor movement that focuses on representing worker rights through education, protests, lobbying, lawsuits, etc. aimed at protecting underserved workers is known as:

Which of the following is True about employee ownership unionism?

It is essential for the NLRA to be modified to allow employees who support a union but do not constitute a majority to be represented by a union.

Unions are beginning to use their power as pension fund investors to support the labor movement by doing all of the following except:

If the TEAM Act were passed, it would make it easier to form labor-management committees but present greater risks of employer dominated unions.

_______________________________ unionism is a nonoppositional, cooperative approach to unionization that sees labor unions as strategic business partners that can help improve productivity, quality, and competitiveness.

For proponents of labor law reform that believe the law is outdated and no longer keeps pace with a global, competitive environment, the solution is:

The United Nations is promoting a _______________________________ with business that asks businesses to voluntarily respect human labor and environmental concerns.

Proponents of solidarity unionism:

According to the stakeholder model of corporate governance, which of the following is not sufficiently affected by corporate actions to deserve consideration in corporate decision-making?

In the view of some, the deeply rooted adversarialism built into U.S. labor relations suggests the only path to improving the NLRA is to completely _______________________________ the system.

The job of a labor union is to shape the interests and aspiration of workers.

Under current U.S. labor law, employers are required to give unions access to employees that matches their own.