Question 1

Identify the three acts that constitute the U.S.labor law foundation. Provide a brief summary of these Acts, and explain the impact these acts have had on labor/management relations.

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Question 2

The Wagner Act declared, in effect, that the official policy of the U.S.government was to encourage collective bargaining.

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The Wagner Act, also known as the National Labor Relations Act, was passed in 1935 and established the right of workers to form and join unions and engage in collective bargaining. This effectively made collective bargaining a recognized and encouraged practice under U.S. government policy.

Question 3

Explain the purpose of a grievance procedure, and identify the five typical steps involved in the procedure.

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Question 4

The process of conciliation is a means of deciding a dispute in which negotiating parties submit the dispute to a third party to make a decision.

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Conciliation is the process by which a third party attempts to keep union and management negotiators talking so that they may reach a voluntary settlement.

Question 5

The Wagner Act allows the President of the United States to declare that a strike presents a national emergency, which is one that would impact an industry or a major part of it in such a way that the national economy would be significantly affected.

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This is a provision of the Taft-Hartley Act.

Question 6

Describe the role of collective bargaining in union/management relations, and provide a brief outline of a typical collective bargaining process.

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Question 7

Discuss the current "state of labor unions" in the United States.

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Question 8

An employer faced with a union organizing campaign may hold mandatory employee meetings.

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An employer may hold mandatory employee meetings in response to a union organizing campaign, but there are restrictions on what can be said and done during these meetings to avoid unfair labor practices.

Question 9

The Taft-Hartley Act requires that the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service be notified of disputes over contract renewals if they are not settled within 30 days of the designated date.

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The Taft-Hartley Act does require notification to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service in the event of a dispute over contract renewals that are not settled within 30 days of the designated date.

Question 10

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is an independent board, appointed by the AFL-CIO.

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Members of the NLRB are appointed by the President and confirmed by the U.S.Senate.

Question 11

Pilot Processing, Inc., being faced with a union organizing campaign, has decided to distribute anti-union leaflets at work and to employees' homes via U.S.mail. Unfortunately, this would be considered an unfair labor practice.

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This is an acceptable prevention effort by an employer.

Question 12

The final step of the grievance procedure is arbitration by an impartial third party.

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This is true. Arbitration is often used as the final step in the grievance procedure to resolve disputes between employees and employers. An impartial third party reviews the case and makes a final decision that both parties must abide by.

Question 13

A business agent is a company executive who has been appointed to negotiate with the union.

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A business agent is a union official who runs the union's local headquarters, among other duties.

Question 14

The Landrum-Griffin Act was passed to protect the rights of individual union members from corruption in the union, and to ensure the democratic rights of union members.

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The Landrum-Griffin Act, also known as the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA), was passed in 1959 to protect the rights of individual union members from corruption and misuse of union funds by their leaders. It also aimed to ensure democratic processes in union elections and decision-making.

Question 15

Except in industries covered by the Railway Labor Act, supervisors are not eligible to be represented by a union.

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According to the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), supervisors are excluded from being represented by a union. The Railway Labor Act (RLA) covers employees in the railroad and airline industries, and it includes supervisory employees as eligible for union representation.

Question 16

The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 established the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) to oversee and administer union/management relations in the federal government.

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The statement is true - the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 did establish the Federal Labor Relations Authority to oversee and administer union/management relations in the federal government.

Question 17

Right-to-work laws prohibit employers from terminating employees who are union sympathizers.

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Right-to-work laws prohibit requiring employees to join unions as a condition of obtaining or continuing employment..

Quiz 10: Labor Relations