Exam 12: Dealing With Employee-Management Issues and Relationships

At Play-it-Safe Pharmaceuticals Company,a maker of sun screen products,the union reps strongly discouraged the firm's union employees from buying the company's products during the forthcoming summer season.Recently,they also took out an ad with an important message for consumers: "Don't give Play-it-Safe your money.They don't share it with their employees!" These actions describe:

The tragedy at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company caused:

__________ is the process by which a union becomes recognized by the National Labor Relations Board as the bargaining agent for a group of employees.

CEOs in Asia are paid much higher sums than those in the U.S.

The first national labor organization,the Knights of Labor sought to gain enough political power to restructure the entire U.S.economy.

In recent years federal programs such as Medicare and Medicaid have greatly reduced the financial burden on families faced with caring for elderly adults.

Jake remembers his grandfather telling him about going to work at 16 years of age in the coal mines of southern Illinois.In order to get the job,he had to agree to a yellow-dog contract.Essentially this meant he would only get the job if he agreed not to join a union.

Brantwell,Inc.is a forward thinking company planning to implement a program to help its employees provide care for their elderly parents.According to recent trends,Brantwell's new program should result in future cost savings.

The workers at the Kerriton Company are unhappy with the way their union has been representing them.The Wagner Act allows these workers to take away the union's right to represent them through a process known as decertification.

A grievance is:

The unions of the 21^st century are likely to be quite different from those in the past.

The law protects both women and men from sexual harassment.

The two major influences on the growth of unions in the U.S.were:

Comparable worth is concerned with making sure that women get paid as much as men when they do the same jobs.

The Wagner Act is best described as a(n):

Workers at the West Fenton plant of Malzone Industries have gone out on strike.Management believes it could continue operating the plant during the strike by hiring replacement workers.If the company hires nonunion workers to continue its operations,it will be violating a recent Supreme Court ruling that declared hiring replacement workers as a violation of the Wagner Act.

____________ is the process by which a group of workers legally take away a union's right to represent them.

John L.Lewis broke with the American Federation of Labor (AFL)in 1935 over membership issues and formed a rival group known as the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO).

Miko began working for a company that operates under an open shop arrangement.Under this type of arrangement,Miko must join the union at her company within 90 days or she will lose her job.

Which of the following acts gave more power to management in its relations with organized labor?