Exam 12: Working With Labor Unions

Wages, health and safety, management rights, work conditions, and benefits fall under the permissive category of bargaining topics.

The goal of the _____ is to ensure that there is no disruption of interstate commerce.

Five-hundred factory workers of a leather treatment plant received an upgrade in classification and in pay. However, this did not reflect in their last two pay checks. This will be categorized under which of the following types of grievances?

Once a decision has been arrived at through the collective bargaining process and a new contract has been written, it cannot be altered.

The main focus of the _____, formed in 1886, was on higher wages, job security, and the minimization of infighting among union members.

In which of the following arrangements must a person be a union member in order to be hired?

_____ is an action in which another union goes on strike in sympathy for another union.

_____ is the process of negotiations between the company and representatives of the union.

A _____ grievance is initiated if an employee or group is not willing to formally file a grievance.

In the _____ mechanism, workers do not have to join the union, but still must pay union dues.

Strikes which were not authorized by the union were called yellow-dog strikes.

If several union members have been mistreated in the same way, their grievances will be categorized under which of the following types?

Who is an arbitrator?

Of the following steps of a grievance process, which one should be taken when no resolution develops despite having brought in a mediator?

Which of the following industry-specific local unions falls under the Change to Win Federation?

The _____ was passed as a result of the common yellow-dog contracts, where a worker agreed not to join a union before accepting a job.

The grievance procedure outlines the process by which actions that violate the contract will be handled.

A closed shop mechanism made union membership an optional requirement for a job applicant.

When the two parties are unable to reach a consensus on the collective bargaining agreement, this is called a bargaining impasse.

A union of 35,000 laborers of a shoe manufacturing factory has gone on strike to protest against poor working conditions. To show their support, workers of a garment factory went on strike. This is an example of an) _____.