Exam 12: Dealing With Employee-Management Issues and Relationships

The concept of comparable worth holds that people who do jobs that require similar levels of education,training and skills should receive equal pay.

A cooling-off period is when workers in a critical industry return to their jobs while the union and management continue negotiations.

The presence of formal labor organizations in the United States dates back to the late 1700s.

The use of strikebreakers did not become a common management tactic used in labor disputes until the 1980s.

Courts will issue an injunction against union tactics only if management can show a "just cause" to restrict the union tactic.

A court order directing someone to do something or to refrain from doing something is called a judicial citation.

The presence of formal labor organizations in the United States dates back to the:

In recent years some unions have granted concessions and given up benefits secured in earlier contract negotiations in an attempt to save jobs.These concessions are called:

Critics of labor unions argue that unions are no longer needed to protect workers from abusive and unfair treatment because:

Closed shops were declared illegal by the:

Two of the most important tactics used by unions when collective bargaining efforts break down are:

One goal of the Landrum-Griffin Act was to clean up union corruption.

Despite their high pay,most CEOs work far fewer hours per week than the average employee in their companies.

Postal workers and other employees of the federal government who provide important services are allowed to form unions,but are denied the right to strike.

In an agency shop agreement,workers who do not belong to the union must pay a union fee or pay regular union dues.

As the workforce of the U.S.ages,a greater percentage of workers will have to concern themselves with:

In 1997,the Supreme Court ruled that same sex harassment is prohibited by sexual harassment laws.

The AFL was concerned primarily with:

Explain the difference between closed,open,union,and agency shop agreements.What impact did the Taft-Hartley Act have on the use of closed and union shop arrangements?

The negotiated labor-management agreement clarifies the terms and conditions under which labor and management agree to function over a specified period of time.