In Negotiating Its New Contract, a Local Union of Auto

Multiple Choice

In negotiating its new contract, a local union of Auto Workers of America proposed several additions and substitutions. One addition was a closed shop clause in the union security section of the new contract. Management's negotiating team refused to bargain on this clause because it knew the clause

A) was bad for a competitive business like theirs.
B) was illegal under the Landrum-Griffin Act.
C) was illegal under the Taft-Hartley Act.
D) was a voluntary subject of bargaining according to the NLRB.
E) would require hiring employees who would have to join the union within a certain period of time.