A Chain of Fried-Fish Restaurants Hires Part-Time Workers and Pays

Multiple Choice

A chain of fried-fish restaurants hires part-time workers and pays minimum wage. Turnover is very high. Given that most employees do not stay at a restaurant long or work there full time, organizing campaigns are very difficult. With these facts in mind, Kathy, the chain's vice president of human resources, believes unions will not have an impact on the company. What possible force in labor markets is Kathy overlooking?

A) self-managing employee teams, which could conduct a union organizing campaign
B) management-established representation systems, which are endorsed by the NLRB
C) the National Labor Relations Board, which could require the company to form a union
D) worker centers, which could influence attitudes through publicity and community support
E) arbitration panels, which could rule that fair labor conditions require a union