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Q:
In 1935, the labor movement received its greatest stimulus for growth with the enactment of the ______.
A. National Labor Relations Act
B. Labor-Management Relations Act
C. Norris-LaGuardia Act
D. Sherman Act
E. Clayton Act
Q:
Which of the following statements is true of elections to certify unions?
A. They are public and open to any employee.
B. They are by secret ballot.
C. They are supervised by state-appointed labor representatives.
D. The employer decides what unit of employees is appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining.
E. The employees decide who are entitled to vote in the elections.
Q:
After a National Labor Relations Board certification election, another is not permitted for ______.
A. five years
B. four years
C. three years
D. one year
E. two years
Q:
The members of the National Labor Relations Board are appointed by the ______.
A. Federal Trade Commission
B. president
C. Senate
D. general counsel
E. Department of Labor
Q:
Which of the following personnel are exempt from the authority of the National Labor Relations Board?
A. persons covered by the Wagner Act
B. persons covered by the Norris-LaGuardia Act
C. persons covered by the Railway Labor Act
D. persons covered by the Clayton Act
E. persons covered by the Sherman Act
Q:
The National Labor Relations Board conducts certification elections upon receipt of a petition signed by at least ______.
A. 40 percent of the employees
B. 60 percent of the employees
C. 30 percent of the employees
D. 70 percent of the employees
E. 10 percent of the employees
Q:
Congress gave the National Labor Relations Board jurisdiction over
A. governmental employees.
B. businesses and persons covered by the Railway Labor Act.
C. agricultural laborers.
D. any business affecting commerce.
E. independent contractors.
Q:
Which of the following agencies has been granted the authority to conduct quasi-judicial hearings to investigate and enforce sanctions if unfair labor practices occur?
A. Federal Labor Relations Authority
B. National Mediation Board
C. National Credit Union Administration
D. National Labor Relations Board
E. Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Q:
Congress explicitly affirmed labors right to organize and to bargain collectively with the enactment of the ______.
A. Wagner Act
B. Taft-Hartley Act
C. Norris-LaGuardia Act
D. Clayton Act
E. Comstock Act
Q:
Which of the following statements is true of the collective bargaining process of the National Mediation Board (NMB)?
A. A period of six months is stipulated for a special emergency board to make recommendations for settlement.
B. It prohibits mandatory arbitration.
C. The special emergency board appointed by the NMB lacks judicial power.
D. It is mandatory for parties to comply with a special emergency boards proposals.
E. The NMB considers strikes by workers as illegal if no new collective bargaining agreement is reached after a 60-day period.
Q:
Which of the following statements is true of the Norris-LaGuardia Act?
A. It restricts the use of federal court injunctions in labor disputes.
B. It limits the jurisdiction of state courts in issuing injunctions.
C. It bars the issue of an injunction to enjoin illegal strikes.
D. It permits federal court injunctions against persons striking or quitting work.
E. It permits federal court injunctions against paying unemployment benefits to participants in a labor dispute.
Q:
The Wagner Act is also known as the ______.
A. Labor-Management Relations Act
B. National Labor Relations Act
C. Railway Labor Act
D. Right-to-work Act
E. Federal Arbitration Act
Q:
______ authorized the National Labor Relations Board to hold hearings on unfair labor practices and correct wrongs resulting from them.
A. The Railway Labor Act
B. The Wagner Act
C. The Sherman Act
D. The Clayton Act
E. The Federal Arbitration Act
Q:
Which of the following is a major provision of the Landrum-Griffin Act?
A. It governs collective bargaining for railroads and airlines.
B. It authorized the National Labor Relations Board to conduct union certification elections.
C. It provided for an 80-day cooling-off period in strikes that imperil national health or safety.
D. It created the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to assist in the settlement of labor disputes.
E. It created a Bill of Rights for union members.
Q:
The National Mediation Board was established by the ______.
A. Railway Labor Act
B. National Labor Relations Act
C. Clayton Act
D. Sherman Act
E. Child Labor Act
Q:
Passed in 1932, the ______ made yellow-dog contracts illegal.
A. Clayton Act
B. Norris-LaGuardia Act
C. Wagner Act
D. Sherman Act
E. Comstock Act
Q:
Employee agreements not to join labor unions as a condition of employment were known as ______.
A. anti-fraternization contracts
B. yellow-dog contracts
C. anti-socialization contracts
D. featherbedding contracts
E. free rider contracts
Q:
In strikes that imperil national health or safety, the Taft-Hartley Act provided for a(n) ______.
A. 80-day cooling-off period
B. 70-day cooling-off period
C. 50-day cooling-off period
D. 30-day cooling-off period
E. 20-day cooling-off period
Q:
Between 1890 and 1914, labor unions were weak in their ability to represent employees as management argued that employees acting together were restraining trade illegally under the ______.
A. Taft-Hartley Act
B. Wagner Act
C. Norris-LaGuardia Act
D. Clayton Act
E. Sherman Act
Q:
Which of the following acts resolves labor disputes in airlines?
A. Taft-Hartley Act
B. Wagner Act
C. Norris-LaGuardia Act
D. Clayton Act
E. Railway Labor Act
Q:
The National Mediation Board, established by the Railway Labor Act, consists of ______.
A. three members
B. four members
C. two members
D. nine members
E. five members
Q:
Which of the following acts allowed states to enact right-to-work laws?
A. Taft-Hartley Act
B. Landrum-Griffin Act
C. Wagner Act
D. Norris-LaGuardia Act
E. Clayton Act
Q:
The largest union in the United States is the ______.
A. American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
B. United Auto Workers
C. Teamsters Union
D. National Education Association
E. Industrial Workers of the World
Q:
The Clayton Act of 1914 was passed principally to
A. force employers to pay a minimum wage.
B. ensure shorter work weeks.
C. strengthen the antitrust laws.
D. establish the National Labor Relations Board.
E. enable management control over workers.
Q:
The first federal statute of any importance to the labor movement is the ______.
A. Clayton Act
B. Railway Labor Act
C. Norris-LaGuardia Act
D. Wagner Act
E. Taft-Hartley Act
Q:
A union member may sue a local union for failing to enforce the international unions constitution and bylaws.
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Causing an employer to pay for work not being performed is called featherbedding.
Q:
The injunction provided for in the Taft-Hartley Act is applicable to all strikes.
Q:
Workers in right-to-work states who do not belong to a union are still required to pay representation fees to the union.
Q:
All 50 states in the United States have adopted right-to-work laws.
Q:
Unions are allowed to use members dues to support political activities.
Q:
Individuals can be sued for violating the no-strike provisions of a collective bargaining contract.
Q:
Raising prices in cafeteria vending machines is considered a compulsory bargaining issue.
Q:
Under the Wagner Act, any organization of employees must be completely independent of their employers.
Q:
The law does not oblige an employer to favor union members in hiring employees.
Q:
A partial business closing to deter unionizing is an unfair labor practice.
Q:
Questions relating to fringe benefits are compulsory bargaining issues because they are wages.
Q:
An employer may legally permit a union to use their telephones and copy machines as long as they do not charge the union a fee.
Q:
To comply with the requirement that they bargain collectively in good faith, employers must ensure that they are willing to provide monetary support to unions.
Q:
The Supreme Court has held that an employer who reports the possible existence of illegal aliens to the Immigration and Naturalization Service engages in an unfair labor practice when that report is closely associated with the employees approval of a labor union as their bargaining agent.
Q:
Refusing to reduce agreements to writing when negotiating is considered a fair labor practice.
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Requiring job applicants to state on a questionnaire whether they would cross a picket line in a strike is illegal.
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An employer may voluntarily recognize that its workers want to have a certain labor union represent them.
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An employer cannot file a petition for an election to invalidate certification of an incumbent union.
Q:
During the National Labor Relations Boards (NLRBs) certification of a union as the bargaining agent for a group of employees, the general counsel of the NLRB needs to prove that the employees read or understood the cards.
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Once an employer recognizes a unionno matter how informallythe employer is bound by the recognition and loses the right to seek an election.
Q:
The conferring of additional benefits by employers on employees considering unionization can be considered an unfair labor practice.
Q:
The National Labor Relations Board exercises jurisdiction over government employees.
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In the context of union certification elections, votes to certify a union or to rescind a unions authority can take place by petition.
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The Norris-LaGuardia Act limits the jurisdiction of state courts in issuing injunctions in labor disputes.
Q:
If unfair labor practices are found to exist, the National Labor Relations Board is empowered to take corrective action and award dollar damages to unions and employees.
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Administrative law judges are responsible for the initial conduct of hearings in unfair labor practice cases.
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The National Labor Relations Board is responsible for conducting representation elections.
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Collective bargaining is the process by which two unions negotiate and reach agreements on matters of importance to the employees.
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Collective bargaining can be successful only if the bargaining power of the parties involved is unequal.
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The Clayton Act expressly granted employees the protected right to join a union.
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The Norris-LaGuardia Act prohibits injunctions to be issued to enjoin strikes by public employees.
Q:
The smallest unions in the United States represent teachers, government employees, and service workers.
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Carpenters United is a registered union with CastIron Construction Corp. CastIron Construction started using nonunion workers who were unable to fulfill the constant and unreasonable demands of the union. In retaliation, the union launched a campaign to prevent the hiring of nonunion workers. It sent out warning letters to building owners, property managers, and general contractors indicating that it would retaliate against anyone doing business with CastIron Construction. If they didnt comply, the union emphasized that the business would be subject to picketing, noisemaking, chanting, and other forms of worksite pressure. What are these kind of activities termed as? Are they legal?
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ACE Inc. consolidates and forwards cargoes for sea shipment. KAS Inc., a manufacturer of shipment containers, is a supplier for ACE. The employees at KAS Inc. are members of the Shippers Union. The union has been successful in getting KAS to stop handling freight for ACE. What is this kind of activity by the union termed as? Is it legal?
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Under what conditions is picketing to force an employer to recognize an uncertified union an unfair labor practice?
Q:
A union is basically workers organizing their collective voices to increase their ability to communicate with their employer.
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In the days of wood and coal engines, having a fireman on board a train was a reasonable requirement. However, as diesel and electric engines came into use, firemen were not required on trains anymore. Despite this, railroad companies were often required by the union contract to continue to employ firemen. What term refers to this kind of unfair labor practice?
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What are the six unfair labor practices by unions as established by the Taft-Hartley Act?
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ColdBev Inc. is a Californian corporation engaged in the production, bottling, and distribution of beverages. In March 1949, it entered into a collective bargaining agreement concerning the wages, hours, and working conditions of its nonsupervisory employees with the United Employees Association. At the beginning of June 1949, the union engaged in activities designed to compel the company to recognize it as the exclusive bargaining representatives of the companys employees. To enforce their demand for recognition, the union began the peaceful picketing of retail stores which sold the companys products. Picket signs announced that the companys products were made by workers who were not members of the United Employees Association. What are the activities indulged in by the United Employees Association termed as? Are the activities legal?
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An organization informed the job applicants that they have to join one of the two unions in order to apply for a job in the organization. Two of the applicants had ideological differences, and they refused to join either of the unions. The third one had a dispute with one of them, and he too refused to join either of the unions. The applications of all the three individuals were dismissed on the grounds that joining one of the unions is the condition for employment. Does this act violate the Taft-Hartley Act?
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What rights do workers enjoy in states with right-to-work laws? What is the workers and the unions responsibility in such states?
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When can a party to labor negotiations present a demand to bargain about a voluntary issue? What does tying a voluntary bargaining issue to a compulsory bargaining issue result in?
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What are the major provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act?
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When a threatened or actual strike or lockout affecting an entire industry imperils national health or safety, what procedures does the Taft-Hartley Act mandate?
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Drake worked for New Health Inc. This company was represented by a union. He was told that if he did not join the union and pay his dues after 30 days, he would be fired. Drake filed an unfair labor practice charge against the union and his employer with the National Labor Relations Board. The complaint was dismissed on the grounds that it is the official policy of the company. Is the company allowed to make membership of a union mandatory for employment?
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Under the Wagner Act, what are the five unfair labor practices by management?
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A particular hospital allows its employees to access the hospital computers to send emails. Employees regularly use the hospital computer system to communicate with each other on union matters. The hospital never warns the union that its messages are being blocked. Briefly discuss managements labor practice in this case.
Q:
What is the doctrine of respondeat superior?
Q:
What are some of the things an employer can do to protect himself or herself from a lawsuit concerning employment?
Q:
What is the significance of written warning?
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John, a New York City fireman, was putting out a fire when he was struck by a chair which a fellow firefighter had either thrown or pushed from a window of the burning building. John sustained injuries and sued the city for damages. In its defense, the city claimed the common law fellow-servant rule defense. What is the fellow-servant rule? Does it apply in this case?
Q:
The U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services broadly categorizes document abuse into four categories. List the categories.
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What is the exclusive remedy rule?
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According to the law, what is the three-step approach to understanding the agency relationship?