Exam 12: Working With Labor Unions

A local union primarily focuses on lobbying in the government for worker rights laws.

Which of the following steps will be taken if the management and the union cannot come to an agreement regarding the grievance?

Describe the functions of The National Labor Union.

What is collective bargaining?

A union steward is one who represents the interests of union members.

Of the following,the _____ is an independent union.

Almost all the 12,000 workers of an automobile factory gathered outside the plant and refused to work for five consecutive days.This strike,reflecting the union's opposition to the unfair clauses in the proposed union contract,began after negotiations on the mandatory issue of increase in wages failed.The workers were disappointed that the employer refused to meet their demand and responded to this bargaining impasse by initiating a(n)_____.

A lockout is a strike in which the employees refuse to work in order to pressurize the employers into accepting their demands.

_____ are bargaining topics that are not required,but may be brought up during the process.

What is a bargaining impasse?

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

Who is an arbitrator?

The first step in the grievance process is likely to involve:

Limiting the collective bargaining rights of state workers in order to avert a budget crisis is called union salting.

Debby was the only one in her team who was not informed about some major changes made in the management.Apart from that,she is observing subtle occurrences of negative bias.If she chooses to present her complaint before the authorities,which of the following grievances will her complaint get categorized under?

10,000 workers of a garment factory reduced their productivity by half to protest against the recent failure of contract negotiations on better working conditions.This is an example of a _____.

The goal of a(n)_____ is to show support for the union on strike.

Any recommendation made by the _____ in the grievance process is not binding for either of the parties involved.

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

_____ are used to put pressure on an employer to assign work to members of one union versus another or to put pressure on management to recognize one union representation when it currently recognizes another.