Managing HR Ch 15 Quiz
Unions around the globe have different priorities. For example, unions in other countries place more emphasis on ________ than unions do in the United States.
political issues
Which of the following Acts was designed to limit some of the power that unions acquired under the Wagner Act and to protect the rights of management and employees?
The Taft-Hartley Act
Which of the following is a reason for the decline of unionization in the United States?
An increasingly educated workforce
Which of the following describes a union?
An organization that represents employees' interests to management
Which of the following spells out the conditions of employment and work rules that affect employees in the unit represented by the union?
Labor contract
What percentage of the private-sector workforce in the United States is unionized?
6.5%
Which of the following is an across-the-board pay raise to employees based on market considerations?
Cost-of-living adjustment (COLA)
Which of the following makes it illegal for a union to include a union shop clause in its contract?
Right-to-work law
As of 2015, ________ of Sweden's workers were unionized.
67 percent
In Japan, whose firms often seek to avoid unions when they locate factories in the United States, ________ of workers are unionized.
17 percent
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) requires a union to show that there is "significant interest" in unionization among a company's employees before it will order a union certification election. What is the percentage of employees in a company that must be interested?
30 percent
Which of the following focuses on "bread and butter" issues of a union such as wages, benefits, and job security?
Business unionism
Under which of the following do unions and management negotiate with each other to develop the work rules under which union members will work for a stipulated period of time?
Collective bargaining system
Which of the following does NOT represent a useful guideline for management and union-bargaining teams to follow so that good faith can be maintained during collective bargaining sessions?
Don't be afraid to express negative emotions.
Which of the following refers to causing employers to pay for services that are unnecessary or unperformed?
Featherbedding
Which of the following is a systematic, step-by-step process designed to settle disputes regarding the interpretation of the labor contract?
Grievance procedure
Which of the following is a potential benefit for some companies with a unionized workforce?
Increased productivity
Which of the following is a reason why employees might seek to join a union?
They feel management does not treat them fairly
Which of the following best describes the role of the labor relations specialist?
To advise management on a labor relations strategy
Under which of the following does management accept collective bargaining and then govern employees according to the contract's terms?
Union acceptance strategy
Which of the following does management choose when it fears the union will have a disruptive influence on its employees or fears losing control of its workers to a union?
Union avoidance strategy
Which of the following represents a policy that takes the union suppression approach?
Using "hardball" tactics to prevent a union from organizing workers
Managers can legally persuade employees that a union is not in their best interest by doing all of the following EXCEPT ________.
promising employees benefits or rewards if they vote against the union
If union employees decide that they are dissatisfied with a union's representation of their interests, they can ________.
schedule a decertification election
Under a labor contract, job opportunities are allocated on the basis of _____.
seniority
