MAN CH 17 18 & 19
The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) is composed of four members usually from a single political party.
F
The Taft-Hartley Act was the first act to make yellow-dog contracts unenforceable and severely restrict the use of injunctions.
F
The internal stages of appeal in a grievance procedure are completed within one to two weeks.
F
Under conventional interest arbitration, an arbitrator is restricted to selecting the final offer of one of the parties involved in a dispute.
F
When an employee has a complaint against management, the employee normally uses the organization's disciplinary procedure to resolve the problem.
F
Yellow-dog contracts were made illegal by the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
F
Generally, in unionized organizations a grievance process is initiated by an organization that has a complaint regarding some action perceived to be inconsistent with the terms of the union contract.
FALSE***
Once a contract is agreed between an organization's management and a union, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) does not normally permit an election in the bargaining unit covered by the contract until the contract expires, up to a maximum of three years. This is known as:
the contract bar doctrine.
Impartiality in grievance arbitration is reflected in:
the even sharing of an arbitrator's fee by the involved company and the union.
An employee of BlueWing Products Inc. has violated a work rule. In administering organizational discipline, which of the following steps taken by BlueWing Products can be considered as an advance warning?
Advising the employee of the infraction
The largest organizational unit within the union movement emerged with the merger between the:
American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
Which of the following is the most advanced step in the progression toward resolving a dispute or a grievance through a union grievance procedure?
Arbitration
Which of the following is true in the context of grievance arbitration?
Arbitration requires the parties involved to submit their unresolved disputes to a privately selected neutral third party.
Grievance arbitration is a process whereby the parties involved in a grievance procedure voluntarily agree to settle a dispute through the use of an independent third party.
T
Historically, labor unions in the U.S. have gained their strength from blue-collar production workers.
T
In the context of grievance arbitration, AAA stands for American Arbitration Association.
T
In the context of grievance procedures, the principle of just cause originally places the burden of proof on an employer.
T
It is an illegal labor practice for one party in a collective bargaining agreement to insist on bargaining about a permissive issue.
T
One of the key points in administering organizational discipline is immediacy. It refers to the length of time between any misconduct and the discipline.
T
The Hitchman Coal & Coke Co. v. Mitchell case upheld the legality of yellow-dog contracts.
T
The demands of the unions that appeared between 1790 and 1820 in America were similar to those of unions today. Unions wanted job security, higher wages, and shorter working hours.
T
The first step in the organizational disciplinary process is the establishment of performance requirements and work rules.
T
The main issues contributing to the decision of employees to join a union are wages, benefits, working conditions, and job security.
T
Women, minorities, and the most recently hired employees can be adversely affected by a seniority system.
T
Which of the following acts was called the "Industrial Magna Carta" by Samuel Gompers, one of the leading spokespersons of the early labor movement?
The Clayton Act
Which of the following acts is aimed primarily at regulating internal union affairs and protecting the rights of individual union members?
The Landrum-Griffin Act
Which of the following acts is also known as the Wagner Act?
The National Labor Relations Act
Which of the following acts established the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)?
The Wagner Act
A state's position regarding the right-to-work provision is determined by:
a state's own law.
Under a(n) ____ provision, employees are not required to actually join a union, but they are required to pay the equivalent of union dues as a condition of employment.
agency shop
True Workers Union (TWU) and Save Employees Union (SEU) have merged to form a new union called the Union of True Employees (UTE). This is an example of a(n) ____.
amalgamation
The greatest criticism of grievance procedures that undergo the full process is the:
amount of time required for resolving an issue.
According to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 as amended in 1978 employees have the right to ____ any disciplinary action they consider discriminatory.
appeal
Currently, organizational discipline in a situation where an employee has violated an organizational rule is most closely related to:
applying corrective action.
The process in which the parties involved in a dispute agree to settle their dispute through the use of an independent third party, who imposes a binding decision, is called:
arbitration.
An arrangement between an employer and a union under which the employer agrees to withhold union dues, initiation fees, and assessments from the employees' paychecks and submit this money to the union is termed as a(n):
checkoff.
A notion that courts can punish a union if they deem that the means used or the ends sought by the union are illegal is known as the:
conspiracy doctrine.
An employee's right to be dealt with fairly and justly during the investigation of an alleged offense and the administration of any subsequent disciplinary action is called:
due process.
The traditional concept concerning employer or employees' free decisions on termination in nonunionized organizations is termed as:
employment at will.
In the context of organizational discipline, civil rights legislation requires management to:
ensure that disciplinary actions are not discriminatory.
Mediation is also called:
NOT arbitration. coordinated bargaining.
The ____ made yellow-dog contracts unenforceable and severely restricted the use of injunctions.
Norris-La Guardia Act
The first step in an organizational disciplinary process is:
establishing performance requirements and work rules.
Generally, employees in favor of a union can orally solicit support from other employees in work and nonwork areas during work time.
f
The federal law which made closed shops and preferential shops illegal was the:
Taft-Hartley Act.
____ involves asking labor unions to make concessions on wages and benefits and occurs in industries especially hard hit by foreign competition.
Take-back-bargaining
Tison Systems Inc. is introducing a new employment arbitration program within the organization. This will generally:
begin with new hires only.
When a management makes its best offer at the outset of bargaining and firmly adheres to the offer throughout the bargaining sessions, it is known as:
boulwarism.
Under the ____, management has the right to speak against a union on company time to employees and require employees to attend the meeting.
captive-audience doctrine
In case of any violation in an organization, before an employee is disciplined or punished, it is prudent for management to:
keep adequate records including past transgressions of the employee.
The end result of collective bargaining is a(n):
contract.
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act involves persons over ____ years of age.
40
Nathan feels that he was terminated from employment with no good reason at all. However, his employer disagrees. Both the parties have decided to solve this dispute through arbitration. Which of the following is true in this scenario?
Both Nathan and his previous employer need to agree in advance to abide by an arbitrator's decision.
In a labor dispute between the employees and owners of Arrow Products Inc., a local court has been asked to issue an injunction. Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding the use of injunctions in this situation?
Courts place a narrow interpretation on the term property.
Which of the following unions had only skilled workers as members?
Craft unions
____ is a landmark case of 1908 in which the Supreme Court ruled that the Sherman Anti-Trust Act applied to all unions.
Danbury Hatters case
Employees in the state of Arizona are protected under the right-to-work laws. What does this imply?
Employees in unionized organizations are represented by a union even if they do not belong to the union.
A manager is allowed to discipline an employee even before looking for evidence to support the decision.
F
A manager should always administer discipline publicly in order to regain control of a situation; except in case of gross insubordination or flagrant and serious rule violations, where a private reprimand is required.
F
A manager who objects to an employee's performance or behavior just has to say, "You're fired!" and does not have to offer any justification for the same.
F
A yellow-dog contract makes it mandatory for all employees to join a labor union.
F
According to 2003 data obtained from the U.S. department of Labor, African Americans were less likely to be union members than were whites, Asians, and Hispanics.
F
An employer is prohibited from conducting polls to verify a labor union's strength prior to an election.
F
An injunction prohibits an employer from hiring anyone other than a union member.
F
Craft unions can include skilled and unskilled workers, whereas industrial unions can enroll only skilled workers.
F
During mediation, a mediator imposes binding contract conditions on two parties who cannot reach agreement by themselves.
F
Falsifying an employment application is not grounds for discipline, unless discovered at the time the application was completed.
F
Federal Services Impasses Panel (FSIP) is an entity within the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
F
Gissel bargaining orders are issued by the management of a company.
F
Good-faith bargaining requires the parties involved in a dispute to agree.
F
Right-to-work laws are now illegal in all 50 states due to the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act.
F
Suspension is the first step in corrective discipline taken by management in disciplining an employee.
F
The Civil Service Reform Act was the first important piece of prolabor legislation in the United States.
F
The ____ is an entity within the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA).
Federal Services Impasses Panel (FSIP)
Which of the following may result in organizational discipline?
Horseplay
Due process is the right of an employee to be dealt with fairly and justly during the investigation of an alleged offense and the administration of any subsequent disciplinary action.
T
Employment at will permits an employer to terminate an employee for good reason or for no reason.
T
Which of the following statements is true regarding the Norris-La Guardia Act?
It did not require management to bargain with their union.
Which of the following statements is true regarding the Railway Labor Act?
It set up the administrative machinery for handling labor relations within the railroad industry.
Which of the following statements is true regarding the Hitchman Coal & Coke Co. v. Mitchell case?
It upheld the legality of yellow-dog contracts.
Which of the following statements is true regarding the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)?
Its members are appointed by the President of the United States.
____ requires that management initially bear the burden of proof of wrongdoing in discipline cases and that the severity of the punishment must coincide with the seriousness of an offense.
Just cause
Fees charged by arbitrators in grievance arbitration are normally paid on a 50-50 basis by a company and the union.
T
Which of the following statements is true regarding the Taft-Hartley Act?
NOT It permitted preferential shop agreements.
Which of the following organizations administers the Civil Service Reform Act?
NOT The Office of the General Counsel
The Taft-Hartley Act did all of the following EXCEPT:
NOT eliminating most closed shop hiring arrangements. outlawing secondary boycotts.
A strike is the collective refusal of employees to work.
T
A union shop agreement requires employees to join a union and remain members as a condition of employment.
T
According to the conspiracy doctrine, a labor union could be punished if either the means used or the ends sought were deemed illegal by the courts.
T
____ prohibits the use of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin as the basis of any employment condition.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
The ____, passed in 1935, gave employees the right to organize unions, bargain collectively with employers, and engage in other concerted actions for the purpose of mutual protection.
Wagner Act
A ____ results when an employer agrees with a union not to handle or use the goods or services of another employer.
hot-cargo clause
Employees opposing unionization would likely cite any of the following reasons EXCEPT:
inadequacy of company management.
During the election campaign of a labor union, management can:
initiate a campaign against the union, emphasizing the costs of unionization.
The organizational disciplinary process includes all of the following steps EXCEPT:
negotiating employer-employee agreement on proper behavior.
Immediacy in administering organizational discipline should denote:
rapidness without involving an emotional, irrational decision.
When employees collectively refuse to work, it is known as a:
strike.
The employment at will doctrine:
would allow a company to fire one employee for a transgression and retain another employee who engaged in similar behavior.
