Deck 17: Labor-Management Relations

Question 1

An employer who enters into a closed shop agreement with the union may hire a nonunion employee,but all employees who are hired must then become members of the union and remain members so long as they work at the job.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The NLRB has the authority to initiate unfair labor practice cases on its own.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The common-law conspiracy doctrine held that workers who joined together were acting criminally as conspirators,regardless of the means chosen or the objects sought.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Section 6 of the _____ Act says that labor unions are not "illegal combinations or conspiracies in restraint of trade,under the antitrust laws."

A)Landrum-Griffin
B)Clayton
C)Norris-LaGuardia
D)Wagner
E)Taft-Hartley

Question 5

A maintenance-of-membership agreement requires employees who are members of the union before being hired to remain as members once they are hired unless they take advantage of an "escape clause" to resign within a time fixed in the collective bargaining agreement.

Question 6

The Clayton Act says that labor unions are illegal combinations under the antitrust laws.

Question 7

The NLRB becomes involved in representative elections,if at least 30 percent of the members of a potential bargaining unit petition it to do so.

Question 8

The Norris-LaGuardia Act permits federal courts to temporarily enjoining certain union activities,such as peaceful picketing and strikes.

Question 9

The Norris-LaGuardia Act bars the courts from enforcing:

A)runaway shop agreements.
B)yellow-dog contracts.
C)hot cargo agreements.
D)closed shop agreements.
E)union shop agreements.

Question 10

The Wagner Act created the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to cope with strikes that create national emergencies,and it declared strikes by federal employees to be unlawful.

Question 11

The _____ Act established the National Labor Relations Board.

A)Wagner
B)Taft-Hartley
C)Landrum-Griffin
D)Clayton
E)Norris-LaGuardia

Question 12

The National Labor Relations Act is also known as the Norris-LaGuardia Act.

Question 13

An agency shop type of agreement requires a potential employee to belong to the union before being hired and to remain a member during employment.

Question 14

The Railway Labor Act established the _____ to conciliate disputes that were not resolved in contract negotiations.

A)National Labor Relations Board
B)War Labor Conference Board
C)National Mediation Board
D)Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
E)National Academy of Arbitrators

Question 15

The Supreme Court has said that an employer is not obligated to accept any particular term in a proposed collective bargaining agreement.

Question 16

The National War Labor Board was empowered to mediate or reconcile labor disputes that affected industries essential to the war.

Question 17

Which of the following was introduced for the first time in 1918 due to the creation of the War Labor Conference Board?

A)Ex parte hearing
B)Secondary boycott
C)Hot cargo agreement
D)Runaway shop
E)Collective bargaining

Question 18

The removal of a plant from one location to another is known as a runaway shop.

Question 19

The employer is allowed to issue a rule that prohibits solicitation or distribution of literature regarding union activities during "working time" or "working hours."

Question 20

Individual employees can enter into separate contracts with the employer even after their bargaining representatives have been chosen.

Question 21

What is the significance of Section 8b)4)in the National Labor Relations Act?

A)It prohibits workers from entering into maintenance-of-membership agreements.
B)It prohibits top management employees from entering into runaway shop agreements.
C)It prohibits entry level workers from entering into agency shop agreements.
D)It prohibits workers from engaging in secondary boycotts.
E)It prohibits workers from engaging in repudiation.

Question 22

What is the hot cargo clause and what is its current legal standing?

Question 23

Bradley,the production head at Alpha manufacturing Co.,refused to allow the workers into the manufacturing plant while negotiations were taking place for a new collective bargaining agreement.As a result of this action,Bradley helped the owners gain a significant bargaining advantage over the company's labor union.The tactic Bradley followed is an example of an)_____.

A)floating lien
B)runaway shop
C)closed shop
D)lockout
E)abatement

Question 24

What is the National Law Relation Act's provision regarding secondary boycotts?

Question 25

The Taft-Hartley Act created the:

A)War Labor Conference Board.
B)National Mediation Board.
C)National Academy of Arbitrators
D)Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.
E)National Labor Relations Board

Question 26

A collective bargaining agreement provision under which an employer agrees to refrain from dealing with certain people or from purchasing their products is known as an)_____ agreement.

A)runaway shop
B)intestacy
C)agency shop
D)yellow-dog
E)hot cargo

Question 27

Which of the following statements regarding the unfair labor practice cases handled by the National Labor Relations Board NLRB)is true?

A)The NLRB has no authority to initiate unfair labor practice cases on its own.
B)A regional director's failure to issue a complaint may be appealed to the general counsel,whose word can be further appealed.
C)After the complaint is issued,it is handled by an attorney from the Washington office.
D)The board acts on oral arguments,rarely on written briefs.
E)The board's orders are reviewable even if it is supported by substantial evidence on the record considered as a whole.

Question 28

The _____ agreement specifically permits an employee not to belong to the union.

A)agency shop
B)runaway shop
C)closed shop
D)union shop
E)preferential hiring

Question 29

The _____ Act established a series of controls on internal union procedures,including the method of electing union officers and the financial controls necessary to avoid the problems of corruption.

A)Norris-LaGuardia
B)Wagner
C)Landrum-Griffin
D)Clayton
E)Sherman

Question 30

Which of the following is true about a union shop agreement?

A)A union shop agreement leaves the union membership to the employee's discretion.
B)This is unlawful because it requires an employer to discriminate.
C)An employer entering into this agreement may hire a nonunion employee,but all employees who are hired must then become union members.
D)This requires employees who are members of the union before being hired to remain as members once they are hired,unless they take advantage of an "escape clause."
E)An employer who accepts this agreement decides to hire only union members as long as the union can supply him with a sufficient number of qualified workers.

Question 31

Each National Labor Relations Board member serves for a term of _____ years.

A)three
B)five
C)eight
D)seven
E)six

Question 32

Which of the following requires a potential employee to belong to the union before being hired and to remain a member during employment?

A)An agency shop agreement
B)A closed shop agreement
C)An attractive nuisance agreement
D)A nonattractive nuisance agreement
E)A union shop agreement