Deck 21: Labor Law and Immigration Law

Question 1

Which of the following acts regulates internal union affairs and establishes the rights of union members?

A)Landrum-Griffin Act
B)Gompers-Lewis Act
C)Taft-Hartley Act
D)Wagner Act

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Only skilled craft workers such as silversmiths and artisans were allowed to belong to the American Federation of Labor.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Which of the following is true of the Taft-Hartley Act?

A)It establishes the right of employees to bargain collectively with employers.
B)It gives employers the right to engage in free speech efforts against unions prior to a union election.
C)It provides for the equal representation of skilled and unskilled workers.
D)It gives the president of the United States the right to seek an injunction against a strike.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

If at least 25 percent of the employees in a bargaining unit sign consent cards indicating that they are interested in joining or forming a union,the National Labor Relations Board can be petitioned to investigate and to set an election date.

Question 5

The ________ was a labor union formed in 1886 that only allowed craft workers such as silversmiths and artisans to be its members.

A)Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
B)American Federation of Labor (AFL)
C)National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
D)International Labor Organization (ILO)

Question 6

Which of the following gives employees the right to join together to form a union?

A)The Wagner Act
B)Section 3 of the Landrum-Griffin Act
C)Section 7 of the NLRA
D)Section 1 of the Taft-Hartley Act

Question 7

A ________ union election can be held without NLRB supervision.

A)dissent
B)consent
C)decertification
D)conditional

Question 8

Which of the following federal statutes that regulate labor-management relationships covers airline carriers?

A)Norris-LaGuardia Act
B)National Labor Relations Act
C)Railway Labor Act
D)Landrum-Griffin Act

Question 9

M'ore Mining Company's employees want a union to represent their rights.All of the employees live in company-owned employee housing adjacent to their place of work.In order for a union to be established,solicitation must be carried out by pro-union employees.Which of the following rules may assist those employees in their union solicitation efforts on M'ore Mining Company property?

A)the incompatibility caveat
B)the incontestability exclusion
C)the inaccessibility exception
D)the insubordination proviso

Question 10

Individual unions are not allowed to join AFL-CIO;the members need to be individual employees.

Question 11

Unskilled and semiskilled workers did not qualify as members of the CIO.

Question 12

The ________ oversees union elections,prevents employers and unions from engaging in illegal and unfair labor practices,and enforces and interprets certain federal labor laws.

A)USCIS
B)NLRB
C)AFL
D)CIO

Question 13

The ________ is required to supervise all contested union elections.

A)Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
B)American Federation of Labor (AFL)
C)National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
D)Election Assistance Commission (EAC)

Question 14

The Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 is also known as the ________ Act.

A)Landrum-Griffin
B)Gompers-Lewis
C)Taft-Hartley
D)Wagner

Question 15

Labor unions have the right to engage in picketing in support of their positions.

Question 16

Only ________ workers were allowed to belong to the American Federation of Labor.

A)skilled craft
B)unskilled
C)literate
D)illiterate

Question 17

In 1935,John L.Lewis formed the ________,which permitted semiskilled and unskilled workers to be its members.

A)International Labor Organization (ILO)
B)Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
C)National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
D)American Federation of Labor (AFL)

Question 18

Labor unions use the approach of individual bargaining with employers to obtain better working conditions.

Question 19

Which of the following is provided by the National Labor Relations Act of 1935?

A)regulation of the internal affairs of each union
B)employee representation according to their sectors of employment
C)collective bargaining with employers
D)equal representation for every union member

Question 20

A group of employees that a union is seeking to represent is known as a(n)________ unit.

A)combined conciliation
B)appropriate mediation
C)collective negotiation
D)appropriate bargaining

Question 21

The ________ Act gives the president of the United States the right to seek an injunction (for up to 80 days)against a strike that would create a national emergency.

Question 22

The NLRB oversees union elections and prevents employers and unions from engaging in illegal and unfair labor practices.

Question 23

Section 7 of the NLRA is a federal law that gives employers the right to terminate union practices detrimental to the organization.

Question 24

Decertification elections must be supervised by the ________.

Question 25

If employees no longer want to be represented by a union,a(n)________ election is held.

Question 26

The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)establishes the right of employers to terminate the employment of members of unions whose continued picketing hinders the progress of the business.

Question 27

An appropriate bargaining unit must consist of employees from a single company.

Question 28

The inaccessibility exception is a rule that permits employees and union officials to engage in union solicitation on company property if the employees are beyond the reach of reasonable union efforts to communicate with them.

Question 29

The Taft-Hartley Act gives the president of the United States the right to seek an injunction against a strike that would create a national emergency.

Question 30

The ________ was formed in 1886,under the leadership of Samuel Gompers.Only skilled craft workers such as silversmiths and artisans were allowed to belong.

Question 31

The Norris-LaGuardia Act is a federal statute which stipulates that it is legal for employees to organize.

Question 32

John L.Lewis formed the ________ in 1935,which permitted semiskilled and unskilled workers to be its members.

Question 33

Managers and professional employees cannot belong to unions formed by employees they manage.

Question 34

Enacted in 1932,the ________ is a federal statute which stipulates that it is legal for employees to organize.

Question 35

The NLRB is required to supervise all consent elections.

Question 36

The Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act,enacted in 1950,gives employers the right to engage in free speech efforts against unions prior to a union election.

Question 37

A group of employees that a union is seeking to represent in known as an appropriate bargaining unit.

Question 38

An employer is permitted to bar off-duty employees from union solicitation on company premises.

Question 39

A decertification election is held when an employer does not want the presence of multiple unions in the organization.

Question 40

To certify a union,more than 50 percent of the employees must vote for establishing the union.

Question 41

Which of the following is a compulsory subject during collective bargaining?

A)health benefits
B)closed shop recognition
C)corporate reorganization
D)workplace location

Question 42

Wages,hours,and other terms and conditions of employment are ________ of collective bargaining.

Question 43

The group that a union is seeking to represent is called the ________ unit,and it must be defined before the union can petition for an election.

Question 44

The act of negotiating contract terms between an employer and the members of a union is known as mediation.

Question 45

Under a closed shop agreement,an employer agrees to hire only employees who are already members of a union.

Question 46

Subjects that are not compulsory or illegal are known as ________ subjects of collective bargaining,which may be bargained for if the company and union agree to do so.

A)secondary
B)alternative
C)permissive
D)conditional

Question 47

Which of the following is true of a union shop agreement?

A)The employee must join the union within a certain time after employment.
B)The employee does not join the union but pays an agency fee.
C)The employee must be a skilled worker represented by more than one union.
D)The employee must be represented by more than one union.

Question 48

Under a(n)________ agreement,an employer agrees to hire only employees who are already members of a union.

Question 49

List the major federal statutes that regulate the labor-management relationship,along with their respective provisions.

Question 50

An employer threatening to close an organization because employees of an organization formed a union is considered an unfair labor practice.

Question 51

A ________ is a cessation of work by union members in order to obtain economic benefits or correct an unfair labor practice.

A)collective bargain
B)strike
C)crossover
D)persuasion

Question 52

Section 8(a)of the NLRA makes it an unfair labor practice for an employer to interfere with,coerce,or restrain employees from exercising their statutory right to form and join unions.

Question 53

Closed shop security agreements are illegal in the United States.

Question 54

Outline the act of collective bargaining.

Question 55

Wages,hours,and other terms and conditions of employment are permissive subjects of collective bargaining.

Question 56

The act of negotiating contract terms between an employer and the members of a union is known as ________.

A)mediation
B)arbitration
C)collective bargaining
D)litigation

Question 57

________ prohibits unions from engaging in unfair labor practices that interfere with a union election.

A)The Wagner Act
B)Section 7 of the NLRA
C)Section 8(a)of the NLRA
D)Section 8(b)of the NLRA

Question 58

Under an agency shop agreement,an employer may hire anyone whether he or she belongs to a union or not.

Question 59

Which of the following is a provision of Section 8(a)of the NLRA?

A)prohibits unions from engaging in unfair labor practices that interfere with a union election
B)makes it an unfair labor practice for an employer to restrain employees from forming and joining unions
C)enables employees to opt out of unions by organizing a decertification election
D)permits employees and union officials to engage in union solicitation on company property

Question 60

Which of the following is true of union security agreements?

A)Under a closed shop agreement,an employer hires workers who are not part of any union.
B)Under an agency shop agreement,an employer only hires workers who agree to not join any union.
C)An employee hired under a union shop agreement is represented by more than one union.
D)Dues checkoff refers to the deduction of union dues and agency fees from employees' wages.

Question 61

In which of the following circumstances is picketing unlawful?

A)when picketing obstructs customers from entering the employer's place of business
B)when picketing is carried out against the subject employer's product
C)when picketing is carried out against a neutral employer
D)when the employer institutes a "lockout" against the picketers

Question 62

Secondary boycott picketing is not lawful if it is against the primary employer's product.

Question 63

If an employer reasonably anticipates a strike by some of its employees,it may prevent those employees from entering the plant or premises.This is called an employer lockout.

Question 64

Sit-down strikes are illegal.

Question 65

Which of the following best describes a wildcat strike?

A)Union members occupy the employer's premises while striking.
B)Union members strike part of the day or workweek and work the other part.
C)Individual union members go on strike without proper union authorization.
D)The union declares an indefinite cessation of work.

Question 66

A union is allowed to discipline members for working for wages below union scale.

Question 67

What legal course of action is available to a corporation if its employees go on strike without any notice?

A)threaten the employees with plant closure if they continue to strike
B)dissolve the union within the company
C)dismiss the striking employees
D)solicit on behalf of a second union to represent company employees

Question 68

The laborers at Lillon Fabrics are paid on a daily-wage basis.When the employee union announces a strike that involves a cessation of work,one of the employees,Lina,is hesitant to participate in it as it would mean her employer withholding her pay.Which of the following is true of this case?

A)Lina must participate in the strike,as participation in all union activities is mandatory for employees.
B)Lina cannot be compelled by the union to participate in the strike.
C)Lina's employer is obligated to pay her even if she ceases to work and joins the strike.
D)Lina must find a replacement employee before joining the strike.

Question 69

It is legal for a union to begin a strike thirty days after it has informed the employer about the strike.

Question 70

Employees who choose not to return to work after joining the strikers are known as crossover workers.

Question 71

Picketing that prevents customers from entering the employer's place of business is illegal.

Question 72

If union members picketing a restaurant block deliveries to and from the restaurant,this is ________ picketing.

A)lawful
B)illegal
C)conditional
D)absolute

Question 73

Once a strike begins,the employer may continue operations by ________ to take the place of striking employees.

A)hiring replacement workers
B)hiring undocumented workers
C)acquiring crossover workers
D)acquiring wildcat strikers

Question 74

Strikers walking in front of their employer's premises while carrying signs announcing the strike is known as ________.

A)occupying
B)picketing
C)locking out
D)boycotting

Question 75

It is illegal for a strike to take place in violation of a negotiated ________ clause.

Question 76

If an employer reasonably anticipates a strike by some of its employees,it may legally arrange a(n)________ to prevent these employees from entering the work premises.

A)strike
B)picket
C)employer lockout
D)secondary boycott

Question 77

The ________ is a federal act that requires employers with one hundred or more employees to give their employees sixty days' notice before engaging in certain plant closings or layoffs.

A)Norris-LaGuardia Act
B)Labor Management Relations Act
C)Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
D)Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act

Question 78

Which of the following is an illegal strike?

A)a sit-down strike at the employer's premises
B)a work absence
C)the cessation of work
D)an employer lockout

Question 79

Secondary boycott picketing is lawful only if it is directed at ________.

A)the primary employer's product
B)the neutral employer
C)customers who purchase the product
D)employees not part of the union

Question 80

The WARN Act is a federal law that requires employers with one hundred or more employees to give their employees sixty days' notice before engaging in certain plant closings or layoffs.