Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining

According to the text, what percentage of public-sector workers in the U.S. belong to unions?

What is a 'closed shop' form of union security?

What does the term 'right to work' refer to in the context of labor law?

Which of the following acts is known for banning certain unfair union labor practices and enumerating the rights of employers?

What is the minimum percentage of eligible employees that must sign authorization cards before a union can petition the NLRB for an election?

What is 'union salting'?

Within how many days does a union election typically occur after the NLRB issues its Decision and Direction of Election?

What is the meaning of 'good faith bargaining' in collective bargaining?

Which of the following is considered an example of an illegal bargaining item?

What is the primary purpose of a grievance procedure in a labor contract?

Which third-party intervention in a bargaining impasse is the most definitive, as the third party may have the power to dictate the settlement terms?

According to the text, a strike that results from a failure to agree on the terms of a contract, involving wages and benefits, is known as what type of strike?

What is the primary purpose of a corporate campaign as a union tactic?

The Wagner Act of 1935 deemed five specific actions by employers to be unfair labor practices. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

What is co-determination, as practiced in Germany and several other countries?

What does the management acronym FORE stand for regarding supervisor conduct during a union campaign?

What is the key difference between rights arbitration and interest arbitration?

In the context of the union drive and election, what is a 'bargaining unit'?

According to expert Matthew Goodfellow, which of the following is a 'sure way to lose' an NLRB election?

A union's effort to impede production by slowing the work pace or refusing overtime is an example of what tactic?

What was the purpose of the Landrum-Griffin Act of 1959?

If a union must file a petition for an election within 30 days after starting to picket, what kind of picketing is it likely engaged in?

A union winning a majority of votes cast in an NLRB election, but not a majority of the total workers in the bargaining unit, results in what outcome?

What is 'surface bargaining'?

Under the Taft-Hartley Act, what is an example of an unfair union labor practice?

What is an agency shop?

What is a key provision of the Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932?

What is the primary function of a 'fact finder' in a labor dispute?

What is a 'lockout'?

The process by which employees can legally terminate a union's right to represent them is called:

In a recent year, what was the median weekly wage for union workers according to the text?

What is the primary role of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU)?

Employers are generally prohibited from meeting with employees on company time to discuss the union within how many hours of an election?

What is a 'yellow dog' contract?

An injunction restraining a strike for 60 days in a situation that might 'imperil the national health and safety' is a power granted to the U.S. president under which act?

What is the primary bargaining item category that includes wages, hours, and rest periods?

In a recent year, about what percentage of union elections did unions win?

Which of the following is NOT listed as a guideline for supervisors in handling a grievance?

What type of union security accounts for about 73 percent of union contracts?

In the five-step union drive and election process, what immediately follows the 'Initial Contact' stage?

What are 'works councils' as described in the chapter?

The National Labor Relations Act is also known by what other name?

Which of these is NOT a mandatory bargaining item listed in Table 15-1?

What is the primary characteristic of an 'injunction' in the context of a labor dispute?

What is the primary reason that a study mentioned Costco's labor relations as a key to its success against Walmart's Sam's Club?

The acronym TIPS is used to remind supervisors of what they should NOT do during a union campaign. What does TIPS stand for?

What is a 'preferential shop' arrangement?

A study on how to lose an NLRB election found that in what percentage of the losing companies did a committee manage the campaign?

The AFL-CIO is described in the text as:

What is the primary difference between a 'union shop' and an 'agency shop'?