MGT ch. 4 test prep

Which of the following terms refers to a practice of allowing the addition of new employees and jobs to existing bargaining units provided their work satisfies the same criteria of the original unit?

accretion

During a union organizing campaign, which of the following requirements must be fulfilled to qualify for an NLRB-sponsored election?

30 percent of the workforce should sign authorization cards

Which of the following statements is TRUE of an employee's right to solicit union support?

An employee can solicit support for the union after the regular workday on the employer's property

The full-time administrator of a local union paid to handle the negotiation and administration of the union contract as well as the daily operation of the union hiring hall is known as the ________.

Business Agent

According to the ________ doctrine, the use of authorization cards is allowed as a substitute for a certification election when an employer's actions amount for unfair labor practices and when the results of an election may be unreliable

Gissel

Which of the following statements is TRUE of the operation of a construction industry unit?

In the construction industry, an employer may begin to bargain with a union before any employees are hired for a new project

Which of the following national unions is a part of the Change to Win Coalition?

International Brotherhood of Teamsters

The ________ is authorized to decide on a case-by-case basis the "appropriate bargaining unit" of employees for collective bargaining purposes

National Labor Relations Board

Which of the following is true of decertification petitions?

Only employees can file a decertification petition

Which of the following statements is TRUE of an industrial union?

Organizations of autoworkers or rubber workers are examples of industrial unions

________ units consist of employees left unrepresented after the bulk of the employees are organized, such as janitors and sales people

Residual

The successive election held when a representation election involving three or more choices results in no one choice receiving the majority vote is known as a ________ election

Runoff

Which of the following terms refers to a program during which union members are encouraged by their union to seek employment at a nonunion company and once hired, they promote unionization in the nonunion company?

Salting

An on-the-job union representative who carries out the responsibilities of the union in the plant at the departmental level is known as a(n) ________.

Steward

Which of the following statements is true regarding an appropriate bargaining unit?

The board that determines the appropriateness of a bargaining unit is not required to choose the most appropriate unit, only an appropriate unit

At the time of an election, an employer can ________ without violating the NRLA

communicate general views about unionism

Which of the following doctrines refers to a criterion used by the NLRB to evaluate a group of employees and determine whether they constitute an appropriate bargaining unit?

community-of-interest doctrine

An employer can implement a "no-solicitation" policy for employees during both work and nonwork hours if that policy ________.

extends to all types of solicitation

The first step in the election process to attain union certification is to ________.

file a representation petition at the office of the appropriate regional director

Which of the following terms refers to a movement initiated by dissatisfied employees or a salaried staff member of a union to submit a representation petition to the NLRB and win a representation election?

organizing drive

Typically, employees are allowed to distribute union literature ________.

outside the workplace and during nonworking times

An employer who entertains a good-faith reasonable doubt whether a majority of its employees supports an incumbent union can, under established NRLB precedent, ________.

request a formal board-supervised election

Picketing a neutral party in order to have that neutral party pressure the targeted employer on the union's behalf is known as ________ picketing.

secondary

The underlying principle for the NLRB's determination of an appropriate unit is that only employees who have ________ can be appropriately grouped in that unit

similar wages, hours, and working conditions

If a company and a union in the company agree on the bargaining unit represented by the union and inform the NLRB about it then the NLRB accepts the bargaining unit, provided it does not violate principles in the National Labor Relations Act or established board policy. The bargaining unit thus formed is known as the ________ unit

stipulated

To discourage unionization, a manager is allowed to ________.

tell employees that the law permits the company to permanently replace them if there is a strike

After multiemployer collective bargaining has begun, an employer may withdraw with ________.

the union's consent

A manager cannot tell employees that ________ in order to discourage unionization.

they will get a pay increase or better benefits if they vote against the union