QUESTION Which of the following is an example of mediation? A) Employees at a hand lotion factory were being forced to work overtime hours without being compensated for the extra time they put in. Their union representatives had addressed the issue up through the proper steps with management and still had not found a solution. […]
QUESTION Kathleen and a few of her fellow union members went to work one day and employed this union tactic. The next day Kathleen and the offending union members were legally disciplined by management. A) sit-down strike B) sympathy strike C) primary boycott D) sickout E) work slowdown ANSWER Answer: E Explanation: E) In […]
QUESTION Several members of a small-town police department came down with the blue flu when they performed this act that is illegal for some members of public-employee unions. A) work slowdown B) wildcat strike C) sickout D) sympathy strike E) secondary boycott ANSWER Answer: C Explanation: C) A variant on the slowdown is the […]
QUESTION The comedian Robin Williams joined other stars in helping members of the Writers Guild of America promote their grievances in 2007. He and lots of other people walked around the Time Warner center in New York carrying signs. With what did Williams help the people? A) sympathy strike B) wildcat strike C) work slowdown […]
QUESTION Which of the five most important labor laws forced unions to revise their election procedures to promote honesty, provided a bill of rights for union members, and required unions to file financial disclosure statements with the U.S. secretary of labor? A) the Taft-Hartley Act B) the Fair Labor Standards Act C) the Norris-LaGuardia Act […]
QUESTION What is the first step in organizing a union? A) Ask the employer for official union recognition. B) The National Labor Relations Board holds an election and if 50 percent or more of the votes agree to unionization, the union receives certification. C) Get 30 percent or more of the company’s workers to sign […]
QUESTION Which of the following is signed by a worker in order to designate a certain union as the worker’s bargaining agent? A) authorization card B) card check C) shop steward ballot D) certification slip E) decertification card ANSWER Answer: A Explanation: A) An authorization card is a card signed by a worker that […]
QUESTION There are more union workers in the public sector than in the private sector. Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ANSWER Answer: TRUE Explanation: In 2009, for the first time, the number of unionized workers who work in the public sector surpassed those in the private sector, with 51.4 percent of […]
QUESTION Which of the following is a process whereby a majority of workers sign what are known as cards in favor of establishing a union, but the process does not involve the use of the National Labor Relations Board? A) authorization ratification B) card check C) bargaining unit assignment D) certification E) decertification ANSWER […]
QUESTION Ratification means that the union and management now have a negotiated labor-management contract that both sides have signed. Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ANSWER Answer: FALSE Explanation: After labor and management have been collective bargaining and have reached some agreement, union representatives take the collective bargaining results back to be […]
