Question 1

Each of the following is listed as a major factor that could cause a strike,except one.Which one is not a major factor?

Accepted Answer

A)   employees feeling that wages should be higher
B)   rank and file disagreement with union leadership
C)   misperception between bargaining parties
D)   a unilateral change by management
E)   all of these are major factors that could cause a strike B

Question 2

Interest arbitration,unlike mediation and fact finding,results in a final and binding decision.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

Med-arb and final-offer total package arbitration are similar in that the arbitrator does not make up his own contract but picks one of those that has been negotiated.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

Work stoppages in the United States since 1982 have been at or near historic low levels in terms of numbers of strikes,employees involved,and days idled.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

____________ yields a report which is made public and which is intended to pressure the parties to come to a negotiated settlement.

Accepted Answer

A)   Grievance arbitration
B)   Fact finding
C)   Interest (contract arbitration) 
D)   Med-Arb
E)   Grievance mediation

Question 6

In most cases,a wildcat strike is a violation of the labor agreement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Management may not call a strike,but it may invoke certain practices that will cause a strike,because a strike sometimes works to its advantage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

An employee may resign from the union during a strike,cross picket lines,and be protected under the Taft-Hartley Act,but the union may impose a one-time fine for crossing the union's picket line.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Mediators must work by a predetermined set of rules in order to successfully resolve differences.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

A mediator functions more as an invited guest who can be required to leave if one or both bargaining parties no longer desire the mediator.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

_____________ arises from the parties' inability to negotiate a labor agreement successfully and refers the unresolved issues to an outside neutral who conducts a hearing to receive evidence and then makes a final and binding decision within the parties' proposals.

Accepted Answer

A)   Grievance arbitration
B)   Fact finding
C)   Interest (contract arbitration) 
D)   Med-Arb
E)   Grievance mediation

Question 12

Conventional interest arbitration has been criticized because arbitrators have been accused of "splitting the difference."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

If not permanently replaced,an economic striker has a right to be reinstated to his or her job at any time during a labor dispute after making an unconditional request for reinstatement to the employer.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

All but one of the following ways are used by mediators to apply pressure in a bargaining session.Which one is not applied?

Accepted Answer

A)   using delays and deadlines
B)   placing responsibility on the parties involved
C)   engaging in marathon bargaining sessions
D)   siding with one party over the other
E)   all of these are used by mediators to apply pressure in a bargaining session

Question 15

Fact-finding is a semi-judicial process in which all parties provide information to a neutral that allows the parties to reach a speedy resolution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Final-offer total package arbitration has an advantage over conventional interest arbitration because:

Accepted Answer

A)   selection of the arbitrator is made through the FMCS and AAA.
B)   the arbitrator can compromise between the parties' extreme positions.
C)   it results in a final and binding decision.
D)   it does not "split the difference" between the union's and management's final proposals.
E)   all of these are advantages of final-offer total package

Question 17

Which of the following is not a reason why an employer would refrain from hiring replacement workers during a strike?

Accepted Answer

A)   insufficient time to train new employees
B)   the potential cost of court suits
C)   disallowed by union regulations
D)   tension and possibly violence at the picket line between strikers and replacements
E)   all of these are reasons an employer would refrain from hiring replacements

Question 18

If an employer is the victim of a wildcat strike,which of the following options are within its rights to consider?

Accepted Answer

A)   contending that employees have voided their labor agreement
B)   requesting informally that the strikers return to work
C)   disciplining or discharging the strikers
D)   bringing suit against the union for damages suffered
E)   all of these options are allowed

Question 19

Economic strikers may be either temporarily or permanently replaced by an employer for the purpose of continuing normal business operations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

With regards to common situs picketing:

Accepted Answer

A)   the union surrenders its right to strike.
B)   striking employees cannot legally picket neutral employers who share the same work site as the primary employer.
C)   the union is picketing in response to management refusal to bargain in good faith.
D)   all of these
E)   striking employees cannot legally picket neutral employers who share the same work site as the primary employer and the union is picketing in response to management refusal to bargain in good faith.

Exam 9: Resolving Negotiation Impasses and Contract Ratification

Each of the following is listed as a major factor that could cause a strike,except one.Which one is not a major factor?

Interest arbitration,unlike mediation and fact finding,results in a final and binding decision.

Med-arb and final-offer total package arbitration are similar in that the arbitrator does not make up his own contract but picks one of those that has been negotiated.

Work stoppages in the United States since 1982 have been at or near historic low levels in terms of numbers of strikes,employees involved,and days idled.

____________ yields a report which is made public and which is intended to pressure the parties to come to a negotiated settlement.

In most cases,a wildcat strike is a violation of the labor agreement.

Management may not call a strike,but it may invoke certain practices that will cause a strike,because a strike sometimes works to its advantage.

An employee may resign from the union during a strike,cross picket lines,and be protected under the Taft-Hartley Act,but the union may impose a one-time fine for crossing the union's picket line.

Mediators must work by a predetermined set of rules in order to successfully resolve differences.

A mediator functions more as an invited guest who can be required to leave if one or both bargaining parties no longer desire the mediator.

_____________ arises from the parties' inability to negotiate a labor agreement successfully and refers the unresolved issues to an outside neutral who conducts a hearing to receive evidence and then makes a final and binding decision within the parties' proposals.

Conventional interest arbitration has been criticized because arbitrators have been accused of "splitting the difference."

If not permanently replaced,an economic striker has a right to be reinstated to his or her job at any time during a labor dispute after making an unconditional request for reinstatement to the employer.

All but one of the following ways are used by mediators to apply pressure in a bargaining session.Which one is not applied?

Fact-finding is a semi-judicial process in which all parties provide information to a neutral that allows the parties to reach a speedy resolution.

Final-offer total package arbitration has an advantage over conventional interest arbitration because:

Which of the following is not a reason why an employer would refrain from hiring replacement workers during a strike?

If an employer is the victim of a wildcat strike,which of the following options are within its rights to consider?

Economic strikers may be either temporarily or permanently replaced by an employer for the purpose of continuing normal business operations.

With regards to common situs picketing: