Exam 8: Impasses, Strikes, and Dispute Resolution

Regardless of the type of strike, all strikers have the same rights under the NLRA.

If the primary goal of a dispute resolution system is to improve the relationship between disputing parties to avoid future disputes, the best option is fact-finding.

Which of the following tactics used by unions to apply pressure to employers has not increased during the past 30 years?

An _______________________________ occurs when an employer takes the initiative to pressure the union for a more favorable settlement by prohibiting those employees from working.

A mediator has a high level of control over the outcome of negotiations but not over the way negotiations are conducted.

The tendency of labor and management to take extreme positions in their final offers in the hopes that an arbitrator will "split the difference" between offers is known as the chilling effect.

A _______________________________ is formed when workers march outside an employer's location to protest or publicize their dispute.

Describe the legal limitations on picketing. Why do so many restrictions exist? (10 minutes)

By withholding their labor, strikers seek to increase the employer's cost of disagreeing with them by depriving the employer of:

When an employer prohibits its employees to work to prevent losses from an expected strike, they are engaged in a _________________________.

An economic strike is a strike that occurs when workers are unhappy with a country's general economic conditions and seek to apply pressure to government officials to improve the economy.

A _______________________________ is an attempt by employees to force an employer to concede to union demands doing their work exactly "by the book."

Most union contracts contain a no-strike clause prohibiting work stoppages over grievances during the life of a contract. When employees go out on strike in violation of the contract, it is called a _______________________________ strike.

The ____________________ effect occurs when negotiators develop a dependence on third party dispute resolution methods.

When employees go out on strike without the authorization of the union, it is called a:

Which of the following could be considered a secondary boycott?

_______________________________ is a third party dispute resolution method in which a neutral third party investigates a bargaining impasse and issues nonbinding recommendations for a settlement.

If bargaining impasses occur so infrequently and so few working days are lost due to strikes, why is it important to study bargaining impasses and various alternative dispute resolution mechanisms?

One possible disadvantage of mediation-arbitration as a method for third party dispute resolution is:

The PATCO strike in 1981 is commonly recognized as a turning point for labor in that it marks the start of a rise in the use of permanent strike replacements as a way to break a union.