Exam 19: Union Organizing Campaigns and Collective Bargaining

The election for certification of a union as an exclusive bargaining agent is done by conducting a:

One of the responsibilities of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS)is to provide mediators to assist in resolving negotiation impasses.

How is mediation different from arbitration?

When a management makes its best offer at the outset of bargaining and firmly adheres to the offer throughout the bargaining sessions,it is known as:

Coordinated bargaining occurs when several labor unions bargain jointly with a single employer.

Under productivity bargaining,unions and management develop a contract whereby the union agrees to exchange old work procedures and methods for new and more effective ones in return for gains in pay and working conditions.

Union security clauses deal with the status of employee membership in a union and attempt to ensure that the union has continuous strength.

It is an illegal labor practice for one party in a collective bargaining agreement to insist on bargaining about a permissive issue.

Write a short note on arbitration.Discuss the different types of arbitration.

Employees opposing unionization would likely cite any of the following reasons EXCEPT:

A ____ results when an employer agrees with a union not to handle or use the goods or services of another employer.

Which of the following statements is true about arbitration?

What are the various reasons for employees joining a union?

In the context of collective bargaining agreements,an issue on which an employer and a union are not required to bargain is called a(n)____.

The primary exception to the captive-audience doctrine is that management is prohibited from giving a speech on company time to a mass employee audience in the 48 hours immediately before a union election.

During the election campaign of a labor union,management can:

A ____ occurs when the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)prohibits an election for up to 12 months after an employer voluntarily recognizes a union.

An arrangement between an employer and a union under which the employer agrees to withhold union dues,initiation fees,and assessments from the employees' paychecks and submit this money to the union is termed as a(n):

The main issues contributing to the decision of employees to join a union are wages,benefits,working conditions,and job security.

Once a contract is agreed between an organization's management and a union,the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)does not normally permit an election in the bargaining unit covered by the contract until the contract expires,up to a maximum of three years.This is known as: