Deck 21: Labor Law and Immigration Law

Question 1

The ________ 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.

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

Answer 1

Labor Management Relations Act

Question 2

When the American Federation of Labor (AFL) was formed in 1886, ________ were allowed to belong.

A) only unskilled factory workers
B) only skilled craft workers
C) only semiskilled and unskilled workers
D) all workers

Answer 2

only skilled craft workers

Question 3

When the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) was formed in 1935, it permitted ________ to be its members.

A) only unskilled factory workers
B) only skilled craft workers
C) semiskilled and unskilled workers
D) all workers

Answer 3

semiskilled and unskilled workers

Question 4

In the United States, labor unions have the right to engage ________ in support of their positions.

A) in picketing
B) in violent protests
C) in sabotage
D) in trespassing

Question 5

At its founding, only skilled craft workers such as ________ were allowed to belong to the American Federation of Labor.

A) automobile assembly plant workers
B) silversmiths and artisans
C) accountants and lawyers
D) fire fighters and teachers

Question 6

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

A) illegal
B) unwise
C) not economically prudent
D) legal

Question 7

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

A) CEO of the company struck
B) U.S. Attorney General
C) President of the United States
D) Chairman of the SEC

Question 8

Provide a brief history of organized labor in the United States.

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

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.

A) targeted labor
B) worker solidarity
C) bargaining collective
D) appropriate bargaining

Question 11

An appropriate bargaining unit is a group of ________.

A) company managers with whom a union seeks to negotiate
B) employees that a union is seeking to represent
C) union leaders skilled in conducting negotiations
D) NLRB arbitrators who can settle disputes

Question 12

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

A) need not
B) must
C) cannot
D) is required by statute to

Question 13

A decertification election is held when ________.

A) an employer does not want to deal with multiple unions
B) a union no longer wants to represent certain workers
C) employees no longer want to be represented by a union
D) the NLRB seeks to expel a union from a company

Question 14

An employer ________ from union solicitation on company premises.

A) is permitted to bar off-duty employees
B) is permitted to bar all employees
C) cannot bar off-duty employees
D) must seek an order from the NLRB to bar off-duty employees

Question 15

An employer threatening to close a factory because the employees are in the process of organizing a union is considered ________.

A) an unfair labor practice
B) a criminal offense
C) a permissible negotiating tactic
D) unethical, but not illegal

Question 16

Describe the process by which workers can elect to be represented by a union.

Question 17

Closed shop security agreements are ________.

A) legal throughout the United States
B) illegal throughout the United States
C) illegal in right-to-work states
D) legal only in right-to-work states

Question 18

Differentiate between a union shop agreement, an agency shop agreement and a closed shop agreement.

Question 19

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 20

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

A) cooling-off
B) no-strike
C) prohibere
D) mandatory arbitration