Exam 14: Understanding Unionization and Collective Bargaining

MegaChemicals,Inc. ,has reached a bargaining impasse with its chemical workers union.Because of a serious fear of sabotage,the management of MegaChemicals has decided to close down operations until the bargaining impasse is settled.This action is called a(n)_____.

Employees have the right to solicit for unions on company property during their personal working hours.

The employees at Mida Industries,a restaurant equipment manufacturer,went on strike about eight months ago.Mida hired Bertie,an acquaintance of yours,about four months ago.This was his first job,and Bertie knows nothing about unions.He has heard through the grapevine that the strike will end soon.Since he knows you have taken an HR class,Bertie has asked you what will happen to his job when the striking workers return.What do you tell him?

Which of the following is an example of a condition that strongly influences an employee's decision to join a union?

What external environmental condition had the greatest impact on early unions?

How do you judge if the arbitration of a union-management dispute is successful?

The most common type of grievance filed by unions is _____.

The Taft-Hartley Act gave employers the right to use lockouts as a form of conflict resolution.

Early unions were concerned about union shops and the regulation of apprenticeships to prevent the replacement of journeymen employees.

The Labor-Management Relations Act has established three categories of issues for negotiation.List them.

Unionization is typically the first recourse of employees who are dissatisfied with some aspect of their jobs.

Which of the following describes an employee who would most likely be able to force an employer to improve work conditions?

The flight attendants at Interstate Airlines are very unhappy with the scheduling practices,but Interstate Airlines' management is not being cooperative on this issue during contract negotiations.Consequently,the flight attendants are continuing to serve drinks to passengers,but they bring the drinks out from the kitchen one cup at a time instead of using the beverage cart.The flight attendants are using the strategy of a(n)_____.

In a corporate campaign,a union may ask the public and other unions to write letters to a company asking it to change the way it bargains with the union.

By law,only current employees can initially contact union organizers.The union cannot legally contact company employees.

Which of the following statements about why unionization and collective bargaining are important is true?

A large private high school is in the midst of a union organizing campaign.Teachers,clerical employees,janitorial employees and groundskeepers are all showing high interest in the union.Which is the most likely composition of the bargaining unit(s)?

Which of the following is an example of a permissive issue to be discussed during a collective bargaining session?

The steady decline of membership in unions in the United States can be explained by:

National unions: