Exam 4: Establishing a Bargaining Unit and the

An AC petition is filed with the NLRB ________.

Once a union is certified by the NLRB, its status is binding on the employer for at least four years, during which time the employer must bargain with it.

The union has exclusive bargaining rights for only those employees within the bargaining unit who join the union.

The National Labor Relations Act prohibits an employer from refusing to hire an applicant because of his or her union affiliation.

Which of the following terms refers to a movement initiated by dissatisfied employees or a salaried staff member of a union to submit a representation petition to the NLRB and win a representation election?

The successive election held when a representation election involving three or more choices results in no one choice receiving the majority vote is known as a ________ election.

Collective bargaining can be conducted between a group of related employers and representatives of their employees.

If a union wins a secret-ballot election, the employer must recognize and collectively bargain with the union, but is not required to agree to any issue or a contract.

The first step in the election process to attain union certification is to ________.

A manager cannot tell employees that ________ in order to discourage unionization.

The full-time administrator of a local union paid to handle the negotiation and administration of the union contract as well as the daily operation of the union hiring hall is known as the ________.

Which of the following petitions should be filed with the NLRB by 30 percent or more of the employees to rescind a union shop agreement?

Elected officials of local industrial unions become full-time administrators of the local union and are paid to handle the negotiation and administration of the union contract.

An employer can implement a "no-solicitation" policy for employees during both work and nonwork hours if that policy ________.

After multiemployer collective bargaining has begun, an employer may withdraw with ________.

The NLRB prohibits any electioneering at or near the polls in a campaign.

Employees can be prohibited from wearing union buttons or insignias if that can cause damage to a product, or offend or distract customers.

When the employer and union cannot agree on the unit, the Office of Advisory Committee Management decides on "the unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining."

Which of the following petitions is filed with the NLRB to request the clarification of the composition of a bargaining unit currently certified?

Only employees can file a decertification petition, which must include 30 percent of the eligible members of the unit.