QUESTION In 2004, owners of National Hockey League teams wanted to lower players’ salaries in an effort to reduce costs. After lengthy negotiations with the players’ union failed, the owners effectively canceled the entire 2004-2005 season. What is that management tactic called? A) a strikebreak B) an injunction C) a lockout D) a sitdown strike […]
QUESTION In 2007 in Oakland, California, 481 garbage haulers (and Teamsters Union members) were locked out by their employer for refusing to agree to pay a larger share of their health benefit costs. What does that mean? A) The company fired the workers and replaced them permanently with nonunion workers. B) The company hired other […]
QUESTION What is the final step in organizing a union? A) Get 30 percent or more of the company’s workers to sign an authorization card. B) The National Labor Relations Board holds a hearing to decide on the appropriate bargaining unit. C) Ask the employer for official union recognition. D) The National Labor Relations Board […]
QUESTION Bridget, her friends, and thousands of other people were not buying rugs or tapestries made by Worldly Weavings in Morocco because they heard that the weaving was being done largely by children. What are Bridget and the other people doing? A) boycotting B) performing a sympathy strike C) performing a wildcat strike D) performing […]
QUESTION The trade-off of a two-tier wage contract is saving jobs at the expense of higher pay. Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ANSWER Answer: TRUE Explanation: A two-tier wage contract is a contract in which new employees are paid less or receive lesser benefits than veteran employees. The trade-off, of course, […]
QUESTION Jethro works in Texas, a right-to-work state. He took a new job at a unionized factory and was told he had to join the union within two months. Jethro refused. He said he cannot be forced to join a union in a right-to-work state. Jethro is correct. Indicate whether the statement is true or […]
QUESTION Angie had a job interview with a trucking company. The company representatives said they were impressed by her driving record as a truck driver and wanted to hire her. In the paperwork they gave her to sign was a contract requiring Angie not to join the union that represents truck drivers. Angie refused to […]
QUESTION Which of the following is the largest union in existence today? A) American Federation of Teachers (AFT) B) Teamsters (IBT) C) State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) D) National Education Association (NEA) E) Electrical Workers (IBEW) ANSWER Answer: D Explanation: D) With 2,700,000 members, the National Education Association is today’s largest union.
QUESTION Which of the five most important labor laws limited courts in issuing injunctions against nonviolent union activities, such as strikes, and outlawed yellow-dog contracts, contracts imposed by employers requiring employees not to join a union? A) the Wagner Act B) the Taft-Hartley Act C) the Norris-LaGuardia Act D) the Landrum-Griffin Act E) the Fair […]
QUESTION Which of the five most important labor laws established the minimum wage and maximum hours for workers in industries engaged in interstate commerce, as well as rules for overtime pay, and also outlawed child labor? A) the Taft-Hartley Act B) the Landrum-Griffin Act C) the Wagner Act D) the Fair Labor Standards Act E) […]
