Exam 24: Labor Law

A "hot-cargo" contract allows a union to handle stolen property that has been recovered by the police and sold at a police auction.

The ____________ Act established a bill of rights for union workers.

The Taft-Hartley Act authorized the NLRB to hold hearings on unfair labor practice petitions.

In terms of federal laws governing labor-management relations, which of the following statements is incorrect?

An employer is barred from playing any role in the selection of union representatives.

Priscilla, a production manager for the Orange Hope Company, told her supervisor that she was considering joining the company's union. Her supervisor, who did not belong to the union, told Priscilla that he would promote her if she did not join the union, which he described as corrupt. Were the supervisor's actions legal? Explain.

Big Union negotiates a wage increase for members of a bargaining unit. This wage increase is:

Mina does not like the way the Adams Co. Production Union, which represents employees at her Adams Co. plant, is representing her interests and wants to privately negotiate her own contract with Adams Co. Which of the following statements is most likely true?

A(n) ____________ is a conspiracy in which a union places pressure on a neutral customer (with whom the union has no dispute) to cease doing business with the employer, with whom the union has a dispute.

The Wagner Act allowed an individual employee in a unionized business to negotiate his or her own employment contract.

Congress, not the NLRB, has the authority to conduct investigations into unfair labor practice charges.

The Clayton Act of 1914 prohibited federal courts from issuing injunctions against labor strikes.

Citral Co. orders its employees not to join a labor union. It makes it clear that any employee joining the union would merit a demotion and a drastic cut in the pay package.

A(n) ____________ shop is a workplace in which nonunion members may be employed for a trial period of not more than 30 days after which the nonunion workers must join the union or be discharged.

Perez owned the Lakehurst Milk Company. When he found out that his employees were going to form a union, Perez called a meeting to explain why he was opposed to unionizing Lakehurst. Foster, an employee at Lakehurst, said Perez could not call such a meeting. Was Foster correct? Why or why not?

The NLRB has no jurisdiction over religious schools.

The Norris-LaGuardia Act outlawed so-called "yellow-dog" contracts.

Jo testifies before the NRLB about the unfair labor practices of Large Co. Large Co. transfers Jo from its plant in Cleveland, Ohio to its plant in Fairbanks, Alaska against her wishes. Discuss the legal aspects of this situation.

The major provision of the ___________ is that it exempts union activity from antitrust laws.

Xavier owned and operated the Xavier Paper Products Corporation. Xavier discovered that one of his employees planned to hold a meeting in order to discuss the possibility of forming a union. Xavier placed a notice on the bulletin board in each store warning employees that any employee who joined a union would be subject to immediate dismissal. Did such a notice violate federal law? Explain.