Deck 11: Labor Relations

Question 1

Arbitration is the most common method of impasse resolution.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Public sector collective bargaining came into being during the 1800s.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Community policing has caused a measure of conflict between police managers and line officers.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Management typically views the union as a negative force within the police organization that attempts to procure financial gains and control over administrative policymaking without regard to the best interests of the department or the community.

Question 5

Where deficient work conditions exist, it is clear that unions can improve matters, especially in the areas of salary and supplementary compensation.

Question 6

The New York City Patrolmen's Benevolent Association once ran a full-page ad informing people that they should not join the NYPD.

Question 7

Collective bargaining is a good way of preserving management prerogatives.

Question 8

Police actions taken in the wake of failed contract negotiations have included:

A) blue flu
B) work slowdowns
C) work speed-ups
D) all of these choices

Question 9

Historically, police employee unions have been found at what level?

A) local
B) regional
C) state
D) national

Question 10

The Boston police strike was the first police strike in the United States.

Question 11

Labor unions were organized as early as the late 1700s.

Question 12

Police strikes are frequent today.

Question 13

Layoff of officers is a critical concern to police unions.

Question 14

Several states and municipalities have laws prohibiting collective bargaining.

Question 15

Police employee groups began forming during the professional era of policing.

Question 16

The National Association of Police Organizations is the umbrella organization for the estimated 4,000 police unions and fraternal organizations in the United States.

Question 17

What term describes the action of an organization in bargaining for or acting as a negotiating agent on behalf of a group or collective of employees?

A) contract negotiations
B) collective bargaining
C) collective negotiation
D) dispute resolution

Question 18

A contract that is acceptable to all sides is the result of successful negotiation.

Question 19

What is the umbrella organization for the estimated 4,000 police unions and fraternal organizations throughout the United States?

A) The Fraternal Order of Police
B) The Police Benevolent Association
C) The International Brotherhood of Police Officers
D) The National Association of Police Organizations

Question 20

The most dramatic police strike in terms of loss of life, destruction, and public attention occurred in:

A) New York
B) Chicago
C) Boston
D) Philadelphia

Question 21

The most controversial impasse resolution procedure short of a strike is:

A) a blue flu
B) fact finding
C) arbitration
D) mediation

Question 22

__________ is the most controversial impasse resolution procedure short of a strike.

Question 23

In collective bargaining an impasse is usually reached when:

A) management makes unrealistic demands
B) labor makes unrealistic demands
C) one side is demanding more than the other will offer
D) none of these choices

Question 24

Police employee unions seek to achieve which of the following?

A) economic benefits
B) recognition of their organizations
C) a voice in management policies
D) all of these choices

Question 25

An __________ indicates that the contract negotiation has broken down.

Question 26

Which of the following is NOT a means by which police unions go about expressing their dissatisfaction with management?

A) picketing
B) vote of no confidence for chief
C) resigning
D) taking out newspaper ads

Question 27

Historically, __________ governmental administrators have been the principal negotiators.

Question 28

__________ entails the application and interpretation of the broad terms of the contract on a day-to-day basis.

Question 29

What stage of union development occurs when the union gains a degree of acceptance by management?

A) initial phase
B) entrenchment phase
C) consolidation phase
D) institutionalized phase

Question 30

The __________ phase of union development is characterized by the union being an integral part of the organizational structure of the employing agency.

Question 31

__________ is the action of an organization in bargaining for or acting as a negotiating agent on behalf of a group or collective of employees.

Question 32

The term used to refer to the manner in which peaceful solutions can be found to mutual problems of employers and employees is __________.

Question 33

__________ may be the most frequently used form of third-party intervention in public sector labor disputes.

Question 34

Unions find salary surveys helpful in order to determine:

A) how much money the chief makes
B) how much money officers in neighboring jurisdictions make
C) inequity in the ranks
D) none of these choices

Question 35

Public sector collective bargaining effectively came into being in the:

A) early twenty-first century
B) 1920s
C) 1960s
D) 1980s

Question 36

Roughly what percentage of police chiefs surveyed have reported that they do NOT operate under a union contract or collective bargaining agreement?

A) 25 percent
B) 40 percent
C) 60 percent
D) 80 percent

Question 37

A __________ that is acceptable to all sides is the result of successful negotiation.

Question 38

Impasse resolution procedures include:

A) mediation
B) fact finding
C) arbitration
D) all of these choices

Question 39

A __________ is an allegation by employees or employers of a violation of rights to which the party has been entitled by a collective bargaining agreement.

Question 40

A successful negotiation results in:

A) higher pay
B) better overtime policies
C) elements that are acceptable to all sides
D) budget cuts

Question 41

A salary __________ is often used to compare the salaries of officers in one jurisdiction with the salaries of officers in a neighboring jurisdiction.

Question 42

Sometimes an inordinate number of officers calls in sick; this is known as a __________.

Question 43

The primary cause of police unionization has been employee __________ with management and management practices.

Question 44

What, according to Burpo, are the five common objectives sought by police employee organizations?

Question 45

List several of the issues usually covered in a collective bargaining agreement.

Question 46

Explain the three phases of union development.

Question 47

What are the downsides, if any, to unionization?

Question 48

Researchers have found that work __________ received the highest number of contract grievances.

Question 49

Explain the purpose of mediation.

Question 50

When engaging in a work __________, officers commonly write fewer traffic citations or stop writing citations.