Deck 22: Labormanagement Relationship

Question 1

The National Labor Relations Board exercises jurisdiction over government employees.

Answer 1

False
Explanation: Government employees are exempt from the National Labor Relations Board's authority. Agricultural laborers are also exempt the board's authority.

Question 2

To comply with the requirement that they bargain collectively in good faith,employers must ensure that they are willing to provide monetary support to unions.

Answer 2

False
Explanation: To comply with the requirement that they bargain collectively in good faith, employers must approach the bargaining table with fair and open minds and a sincere intent to find a basis of agreement. An employer's duty to bargain collectively includes a duty to provide relevant information needed by a union for the proper performance of its duties as the employees' bargaining representative.

Question 3

Administrative law judges are responsible for the initial conduct of hearings in unfair labor practice cases.

Answer 3

True
Explanation: Administrative law judges are responsible for the initial conduct of hearings in unfair labor practice cases. The general counsel supervises operations of the National Labor Relations Board so that the board itself may perform its quasi-judicial function of deciding unfair labor practice cases free of bias.

Question 4

An employer may legally permit a union to use their telephones and copy machines as long as they do not charge the union a fee.

Question 5

The conferring of additional benefits by employers on employees considering unionization can be considered an unfair labor practice.

Question 6

The National Labor Relations Board is responsible for conducting representation elections.

Question 7

During the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB's)certification of a union as the bargaining agent for a group of employees,the general counsel of the NLRB needs to prove that the employees read or understood the cards.

Question 8

The Norris-LaGuardia Act limits the jurisdiction of state courts in issuing injunctions in labor disputes.

Question 9

A union is basically workers organizing their collective voices to increase their ability to communicate with their employer.

Question 10

An employer may voluntarily recognize that its workers want to have a certain labor union represent them.

Question 11

Collective bargaining can be successful only if the bargaining power of the parties involved is unequal.

Question 12

Once an employer recognizes a union-no matter how informally-the employer is bound by the recognition and loses the right to seek an election.

Question 13

If unfair labor practices are found to exist,the National Labor Relations Board is empowered to take corrective action and award dollar damages to unions and employees.

Question 14

The Norris-LaGuardia Act prohibits injunctions to be issued to enjoin strikes by public employees.

Question 15

An employer cannot file a petition for an election to invalidate certification of an incumbent union.

Question 16

The smallest unions in the United States represent teachers,government employees,and service workers.

Question 17

The Clayton Act expressly granted employees the protected right to join a union.

Question 18

In the context of union certification elections,votes to certify a union or to rescind a union's authority can take place by petition.

Question 19

Collective bargaining is the process by which two unions negotiate and reach agreements on matters of importance to the employees.

Question 20

Requiring job applicants to state on a questionnaire whether they would cross a picket line in a strike is illegal.

Question 21

Workers in right-to-work states who do not belong to a union are still required to pay representation fees to the union.

Question 22

The largest union in the United States is the ______.

A) American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
B) United Auto Workers
C) Teamsters Union
D) National Education Association
E) Industrial Workers of the World

Question 23

Which of the following acts resolves labor disputes in airlines?

A) Taft-Hartley Act
B) Wagner Act
C) Norris-LaGuardia Act
D) Clayton Act
E) Railway Labor Act

Question 24

A union member may sue a local union for failing to enforce the international union's constitution and bylaws.

Question 25

The Supreme Court has held that an employer who reports the possible existence of illegal aliens to the Immigration and Naturalization Service engages in an unfair labor practice when that report is closely associated with the employees' approval of a labor union as their bargaining agent.

Question 26

Under the Wagner Act,any organization of employees must be completely independent of their employers.

Question 27

A partial business closing to deter unionizing is an unfair labor practice.

Question 28

The injunction provided for in the Taft-Hartley Act is applicable to all strikes.

Question 29

Between 1890 and 1914,labor unions were weak in their ability to represent employees as management argued that employees acting together were restraining trade illegally under the ______.

A) Taft-Hartley Act
B) Wagner Act
C) Norris-LaGuardia Act
D) Clayton Act
E) Sherman Act

Question 30

Refusing to reduce agreements to writing when negotiating is considered a fair labor practice.

Question 31

The first federal statute of any importance to the labor movement is the ______.

A) Clayton Act
B) Railway Labor Act
C) Norris-LaGuardia Act
D) Wagner Act
E) Taft-Hartley Act

Question 32

Questions relating to fringe benefits are compulsory bargaining issues because they are wages.

Question 33

The law does not oblige an employer to favor union members in hiring employees.

Question 34

The National Mediation Board,established by the Railway Labor Act,consists of ______.

A) three members
B) four members
C) two members
D) nine members
E) five members

Question 35

All 50 states in the United States have adopted right-to-work laws.

Question 36

Causing an employer to pay for work not being performed is called featherbedding.

Question 37

Unions are allowed to use members' dues to support political activities.

Question 38

Raising prices in cafeteria vending machines is considered a compulsory bargaining issue.

Question 39

The Clayton Act of 1914 was passed principally to

A) force employers to pay a minimum wage.
B) ensure shorter work weeks.
C) strengthen the antitrust laws.
D) establish the National Labor Relations Board.
E) enable management control over workers.

Question 40

Individuals can be sued for violating the no-strike provisions of a collective bargaining contract.

Question 41

Which of the following personnel are exempt from the authority of the National Labor Relations Board?

A) persons covered by the Wagner Act
B) persons covered by the Norris-LaGuardia Act
C) persons covered by the Railway Labor Act
D) persons covered by the Clayton Act
E) persons covered by the Sherman Act

Question 42

Passed in 1932,the ______ made yellow-dog contracts illegal.

A) Clayton Act
B) Norris-LaGuardia Act
C) Wagner Act
D) Sherman Act
E) Comstock Act

Question 43

Which of the following statements is true of the Norris-LaGuardia Act?

A) It restricts the use of federal court injunctions in labor disputes.
B) It limits the jurisdiction of state courts in issuing injunctions.
C) It bars the issue of an injunction to enjoin illegal strikes.
D) It permits federal court injunctions against persons striking or quitting work.
E) It permits federal court injunctions against paying unemployment benefits to participants in a labor dispute.

Question 44

The National Labor Relations Board conducts certification elections upon receipt of a petition signed by at least ______.

A) 40 percent of the employees
B) 60 percent of the employees
C) 30 percent of the employees
D) 70 percent of the employees
E) 10 percent of the employees

Question 45

Which of the following agencies has been granted the authority to conduct quasi-judicial hearings to investigate and enforce sanctions if unfair labor practices occur?

A) Federal Labor Relations Authority
B) National Mediation Board
C) National Credit Union Administration
D) National Labor Relations Board
E) Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

Question 46

In 1935,the labor movement received its greatest stimulus for growth with the enactment of the ______.

A) National Labor Relations Act
B) Labor-Management Relations Act
C) Norris-LaGuardia Act
D) Sherman Act
E) Clayton Act

Question 47

The National Mediation Board was established by the ______.

A) Railway Labor Act
B) National Labor Relations Act
C) Clayton Act
D) Sherman Act
E) Child Labor Act

Question 48

Which of the following acts allowed states to enact right-to-work laws?

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

Question 49

Which of the following statements is true of elections to certify unions?

A) They are public and open to any employee.
B) They are by secret ballot.
C) They are supervised by state-appointed labor representatives.
D) The employer decides what unit of employees is appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining.
E) The employees decide who are entitled to vote in the elections.

Question 50

Congress explicitly affirmed labor's right to organize and to bargain collectively with the enactment of the ______.

A) Wagner Act
B) Taft-Hartley Act
C) Norris-LaGuardia Act
D) Clayton Act
E) Comstock Act

Question 51

The National Labor Relations Board consists of ______.

A) four members
B) seven members
C) nine members
D) five members
E) three members

Question 52

Congress gave the National Labor Relations Board jurisdiction over

A) governmental employees.
B) businesses and persons covered by the Railway Labor Act.
C) agricultural laborers.
D) any business affecting commerce.
E) independent contractors.

Question 53

Employee agreements not to join labor unions as a condition of employment were known as ______.

A) anti-fraternization contracts
B) yellow-dog contracts
C) anti-socialization contracts
D) featherbedding contracts
E) free rider contracts

Question 54

Which of the following statements is true of the collective bargaining process of the National Mediation Board (NMB)?

A) A period of six months is stipulated for a special emergency board to make recommendations for settlement.
B) It prohibits mandatory arbitration.
C) The special emergency board appointed by the NMB lacks judicial power.
D) It is mandatory for parties to comply with a special emergency board's proposals.
E) The NMB considers strikes by workers as illegal if no new collective bargaining agreement is reached after a 60-day period.

Question 55

The Wagner Act is also known as the ______.

A) Labor-Management Relations Act
B) National Labor Relations Act
C) Railway Labor Act
D) Right-to-work Act
E) Federal Arbitration Act

Question 56

______ authorized the National Labor Relations Board to hold hearings on unfair labor practices and correct wrongs resulting from them.

A) The Railway Labor Act
B) The Wagner Act
C) The Sherman Act
D) The Clayton Act
E) The Federal Arbitration Act

Question 57

The members of the National Labor Relations Board are appointed by the ______.

A) Federal Trade Commission
B) president
C) Senate
D) general counsel
E) Department of Labor

Question 58

After a National Labor Relations Board certification election,another is not permitted for ______.

A) five years
B) four years
C) three years
D) one year
E) two years

Question 59

In strikes that imperil national health or safety,the Taft-Hartley Act provided for a(n)______.

A) 80-day cooling-off period
B) 70-day cooling-off period
C) 50-day cooling-off period
D) 30-day cooling-off period
E) 20-day cooling-off period

Question 60

Which of the following is a major provision of the Landrum-Griffin Act?

A) It governs collective bargaining for railroads and airlines.
B) It authorized the National Labor Relations Board to conduct union certification elections.
C) It provided for an 80-day cooling-off period in strikes that imperil national health or safety.
D) It created the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to assist in the settlement of labor disputes.
E) It created a Bill of Rights for union members.

Question 61

Denver Crate University's faculty is unionized.The faculty wants increased wages.When the University refuses to bargain on wages,they vote to strike.Which of the following statements is true under the Taft-Hartley Act?

A) A 60-day cooling-off period would apply in this situation.
B) The faculty union cannot strike if the University gives them a reason for not increasing their wages.
C) The faculty has violated the Taft-Hartley Act by striking for an increase in wages.
D) A cooling-off period would not be applicable in this situation.
E) The faculty would be held guilty of precipitating a state of national emergency.

Question 62

Lois has applied for a job at OneStop Everyday Market,a grocery store chain.She is told that after thirty days she is required to join the union representing the employees of OneStop.In this case,OneStop Everyday Market is a(n)______.

A) agency shop
B) union shop
C) right-to-work shop
D) sweatshop
E) open shop

Question 63

A place of employment that requires a person to be a union member before applying for a job is said to be a(n)______.

A) limited access shop
B) open shop
C) closed shop
D) mandatory membership shop
E) agency shop

Question 64

Congress authorized the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to help achieve the goals of the ______.

A) Clayton Act
B) Sherman Act
C) Wagner Act
D) Taft-Hartley Act
E) Comstock Act

Question 65

The Labor-Management Relations Act was enacted in 1947 to amend the Wagner Act to

A) ensure that employers support unions by providing them with facilities.
B) limit management retaliation for unionization.
C) balance the bargaining power between employers and unions.
D) strengthen antitrust laws.
E) establish a federal minimum wage.

Question 66

Which of the following statements is true of suits against unions?

A) Individuals who violate no-strike provisions of a collective bargaining contract can be sued for action.
B) A labor organization may not be sued for the acts of its agents.
C) Members may not recover the money damages they suffer because of an illegal strike.
D) If a union activity is both an unfair labor practice and a breach of a collective bargaining agreement, National Labor Relations Board's authority is not exclusive.
E) Since workers can bargain individually when represented by a union, the union has an implied duty of fair representation to act reasonably, with honesty of purpose, and in good faith.

Question 67

The Taft-Hartley Act provides injunction power against

A) all strikes and lockouts that involve private employees.
B) all strikes and lockouts that create a national emergency.
C) all strikes and lockouts that involve the interstate sale of goods.
D) shutdown of companies in cases involving natural disasters.
E) mass layoffs by companies in cases involving right sizing.

Question 68

Which of the following statements is true of the certification of a union through cards?

A) Employers do not have the option to insist on an election.
B) Employers do not need to recognize the union based on a majority card showing.
C) Under no circumstances can cards substitute for an election.
D) The general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board needs to prove that the employees read the cards.
E) The certification of a union through cards takes place by secret ballot.

Question 69

Which of the following actions by an employer is an unfair labor practice under the Wagner Act?

A) remaining neutral when there is a controversy between competing unions
B) refusing to support a union by giving it a meeting place
C) refusing to permit a union to use its telephone
D) threatening to cut back on employee benefits if employees succeed in unionizing
E) refusing to encourage membership in a labor organization

Question 70

Which of the following statements is true of compulsory bargaining issues between an employer and the employee union?

A) In-plant food and related services are not compulsory bargaining issues.
B) Wages are compulsory subjects, while bonuses are not.
C) Courts tend to defer to the Department of Labor in classifying collective bargaining subjects, especially in the area of terms or conditions of employment.
D) Under no circumstances can parties take steps that are against best interests of the other party.
E) Neither the employer nor the union must make concessions to the other concerning a mandatory subject of bargaining.

Question 71

______ laws prohibit agreements requiring membership in a labor organization as a condition of continued employment of a person who was not in the union when hired.

A) Right-to-work
B) Right-to-wage
C) Right-to-union
D) Right-to-choice
E) Right-to-information

Question 72

Which of the following statements is true of a local union?

A) It can be sued for failing to enforce the international union's constitution and bylaws.
B) It can disregard national bylaws if the local membership has voted to do so.
C) It is bound by international bylaws only if they are unanimously approved by its members.
D) It cannot be sued by anyone except the national union of which it is a part.
E) It can sue a member of the union for not bargaining individually when represented by the union.

Question 73

______ are those issues concerned with wages,hours,and other terms and conditions of employment.

A) Voluntary bargaining issues
B) Optional bargaining issues
C) Secondary bargaining issues
D) Compulsory bargaining issues
E) Alternative bargaining issues

Question 74

Mike is an employee at JVV Corp.The company is located in a right-to-work state.Which of the following statements is true in this case?

A) The union must still collect a non-association fee from Mike.
B) Mike is required to pay representation fees to the union.
C) Mike is outside the purview of the collective bargaining agreement.
D) The union must handle Mike's grievances, if any, with the management.
E) Mike has to enter into an agreement requiring membership in a union as a condition of continued employment.

Question 75

One of the major changes brought about by the Taft-Hartley Act was the outlawing of the ______.

A) union shop
B) open shop
C) closed shop
D) hot-cargo contract
E) yellow-dog contract

Question 76

The dispute in a jurisdictional strike is between

A) an employee and a union.
B) two employees.
C) the national and local chapters.
D) two unions.
E) the government and a union.

Question 77

In classifying collective bargaining subjects,especially in the area of terms or conditions of employment,courts tend to defer to the special expertise of the ______.

A) Department of Labor
B) Department of Commerce
C) National Labor Relations Board
D) Federal Trade Commission
E) Department of the Interior

Question 78

Which of the following statements is true of the Taft-Hartley Act?

A) It provides that suits for breach of a contract between an employer and a labor organization can be filed in the federal district courts.
B) It allows individuals to be sued for violating no-strike provisions of a collective bargaining contract.
C) It created the National Labor Relations Board to administer the act.
D) It established and defined six unfair labor practices by employers.
E) It authorized the National Labor Relations Board to conduct hearings on unfair labor practice allegations.

Question 79

Which of the following statements is true of unions?

A) They represent all employees in the bargaining unit, including those who are nonunion.
B) They represent only those members of a bargaining unit who pay dues.
C) They can by sued only by the employees for a breach of contract and not by the employers.
D) They cannot represent those who are nonunion in bargaining.
E) They can sue a union member for not bargaining individually when represented by the union.

Question 80

Under the Wagner Act,any organization of employees must

A) be completely independent of their employers.
B) be approved by their employers.
C) have an established meeting place at their place of employment.
D) have equal access to company equipment and support staff.
E) be established on the recommendation of the Department of Labor.