Question 1

The Norris-LaGuardia Act permits federal courts to temporarily enjoining certain union activities, such as peaceful picketing and strikes.

Accepted Answer

The Norris-LaGuardia Act is actually known for restricting the ability of federal courts to issue injunctions against union activities, including peaceful picketing and strikes. It was enacted in 1932 to help protect workers' rights to participate in unions and engage in collective bargaining without fear of judicial intervention.

Question 2

The NLRB has the authority to initiate unfair labor practice cases on its own.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

The National Labor Relations Act is also known as the Norris-LaGuardia Act.

Accepted Answer

The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) is not known as the Norris-LaGuardia Act. The two acts are separate pieces of legislation, although both are important in the history of labor relations in the United States. The Norris-LaGuardia Act was passed in 1932 and provided protections for workers engaged in labor disputes, while the NLRA was passed in 1935 and established the rights of employees to form and join labor unions, engage in collective bargaining, and engage in other forms of concerted activity.

Question 4

The Wagner Act created the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to cope with strikes that create national emergencies, and it declared strikes by federal employees to be unlawful.

Accepted Answer

The Wagner Act, also known as the National Labor Relations Act of 1935, primarily established the legal right for workers to join labor unions and to engage in collective bargaining. It did not create the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service nor did it declare strikes by federal employees to be unlawful; those aspects are associated with later legislation.

Question 5

Individual employees can enter into separate contracts with the employer even after their bargaining representatives have been chosen.

Accepted Answer

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Question 6

The common-law conspiracy doctrine held that workers who joined together were acting criminally as conspirators, regardless of the means chosen or the objects sought.

Accepted Answer

The common-law conspiracy doctrine did indeed hold that workers who joined together were acting criminally as conspirators, even if their means and objectives were entirely lawful. This doctrine was used to suppress labor unions in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Question 7

The NLRB becomes involved in representative elections, if at least 30 percent of the members of a potential bargaining unit petition it to do so.

Accepted Answer

This is the threshold for the NLRB to conduct a representative election.

Question 8

The Supreme Court has said that an employer is not obligated to accept any particular term in a proposed collective bargaining agreement.

Accepted Answer

This statement is true according to the Supreme Court's ruling in NLRB v. American National Insurance Co. (1960). Employers have the right to reject any term proposed in a collective bargaining agreement, unless the rejection is based on anti-union animus or other unlawful motives.

Question 9

The _____ Act established the National Labor Relations Board.

Accepted Answer

The Wagner Act, also known as the National Labor Relations Act, was passed in 1935 and established the National Labor Relations Board to oversee labor practices and collective bargaining.

Question 10

Section 6 of the _____ Act says that labor unions are not "illegal combinations or conspiracies in restraint of trade, under the antitrust laws."

Accepted Answer

Section 6 of the Clayton Antitrust Act states that labor unions are not "illegal combinations or conspiracies in restraint of trade" under the antitrust laws.

Question 11

Which of the following was introduced for the first time in 1918 due to the creation of the War Labor Conference Board?

Accepted Answer

Collective bargaining was introduced for the first time in 1918 as a result of the creation of the War Labor Conference Board. The board was established to mitigate labor disputes during World War I and encouraged collective bargaining as a way to avoid strikes and maintain productivity.

Question 12

The removal of a plant from one location to another is known as a runaway shop.

Accepted Answer

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Question 13

An agency shop type of agreement requires a potential employee to belong to the union before being hired and to remain a member during employment.

Accepted Answer

An agency shop type of agreement requires a potential employee to pay union fees or dues as a condition of employment, but does not require them to be a union member.

Question 14

The Clayton Act says that labor unions are illegal combinations under the antitrust laws.

Accepted Answer

The Clayton Act does not declare labor unions to be illegal combinations under the antitrust laws. In fact, it specifically exempts labor unions from some of its provisions and recognizes the right of employees to organize and bargain collectively.

Question 15

An employer who enters into a closed shop agreement with the union may hire a nonunion employee, but all employees who are hired must then become members of the union and remain members so long as they work at the job.

Accepted Answer

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Question 16

The Norris-LaGuardia Act bars the courts from enforcing:

Accepted Answer

The Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932 significantly limited the power of federal courts to issue injunctions against nonviolent labor disputes and specifically barred federal courts from enforcing "yellow-dog contracts," which are agreements between an employer and an employee in which the employee agrees not to join or remain a member of a labor union.

Question 17

The Railway Labor Act established the _____ to conciliate disputes that were not resolved in contract negotiations.

Accepted Answer

The National Mediation Board is the federal agency established by the Railway Labor Act in 1934 to mediate and conciliate disputes between labor and management when negotiations for a collective bargaining agreement have failed. Options A, B, D, and E refer to different federal agencies or organizations with different functions related to labor relations, but none of them were specifically created by the Railway Labor Act to mediate disputes in the transportation industry.

Question 18

A maintenance-of-membership agreement requires employees who are members of the union before being hired to remain as members once they are hired unless they take advantage of an "escape clause" to resign within a time fixed in the collective bargaining agreement.

Accepted Answer

A maintenance-of-membership agreement requires members who were already part of the union before being hired to remain as members and have an opportunity to resign through an "escape clause" within a specific time frame described in the collective bargaining agreement.

Question 19

The National War Labor Board was empowered to mediate or reconcile labor disputes that affected industries essential to the war.

Accepted Answer

The National War Labor Board was indeed empowered to mediate or reconcile labor disputes that affected industries essential to the war.

Question 20

The employer is allowed to issue a rule that prohibits solicitation or distribution of literature regarding union activities during "working time" or "working hours."

Accepted Answer

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Quiz 31: Labor-Management Relations