Exam 3: Establishing a Bargaining Process

Craft unions usually negotiate agreements that cover a geographic region.

Agricultural workers are excluded from coverage under the AFSCME.

The NLRB has jurisdiction over persons when there is a labor dispute which:

In April 2005, teaching assistants at Columbia and Yale Universities staged an "______" to show the New England schools that they stand together seeking higher pay, childcare, and medical benefits.

A union organizing drive is usually started by a paid union organizer or:

A union hiring hall provision requires those who are union members at the time a union contract is entered into to remain union members but only for the duration of the agreement.

The ______ reviews the evidence of bargaining unit appropriateness and considers each case individually.

Employees of a common work site who do not fit the criteria of any craft or industrial union of that site will likely be:

The unions may delegate to a regional director the authority to determine the appropriate bargaining unit.

The honesty and fairness of a secret ballot representation election is the responsibility of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Nurses who supervise others and make independent decisions are probably excluded from the representation petition.

The new union federation that split from the AFL-CIO in 2005 is called:

The nationwide contract that Ford Motor Company signed with the United Auto Workers is termed the _____.

Privately owned nonprofit hospitals are not exempt from the National Labor Relations Act.

Which of the following is not a service that a local union might expect from a national union?

Under the NLRA, the term "_____" includes corporations.

The NLRB would be least likely to exercise any jurisdiction when:

Closed, open, and union shops are the basic forms of ________ clauses.

The National Labor Relations Act does not forbid federal government employees from collective bargaining.

NLRB and court decisions have determined that some types of workers can be excluded from the usual appropriate bargaining units determination, including which of the following?