Question 1

The Taft-Hartley Act gives the president the power to require striking workers in any industry to return to their jobs for a cooling-off period while representatives of management and the union continue to negotiate.

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Question 2

Comparable worth is concerned with making sure that women get paid as much as men when they do the same jobs.

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While comparable worth is concerned with ensuring that jobs traditionally held by women are paid fairly in comparison to jobs traditionally held by men, it is not solely focused on ensuring that women get paid as much as men for the same job. Rather it aims to address systemic discrimination in pay scales for jobs that may be different, but have similar levels of skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions.

Question 3

In the Making Ethical Decisions box,students are asked to consider what they would do if they had the opportunity to be employed as a strikebreaker,at a company where friends and family were currently out of work and on strike.If they choose to do so,they are immediately hired as full-time workers.

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Question 4

Workers at the West Fenton plant of Malzone Industries have gone out on strike.Management believes it could continue operating the plant during the strike by hiring replacement workers.If the company hires nonunion workers to continue its operations,it will be violating a recent Supreme Court ruling that declared hiring replacement workers as a violation of the Wagner Act.

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The statement is incorrect as there is no recent Supreme Court ruling that declares hiring replacement workers as a violation of the Wagner Act. The Wagner Act was actually amended in 1947 to allow employers to hire replacement workers during a strike.

Question 5

Striking union workers are picketing near the entrance of the Bellandro Bay Brewery plant where they normally work.The workers are acting peacefully and have not threatened anyone entering or leaving the company or damaged any property.Bellandro's management is seeking an injunction to prevent the workers from picketing.The courts are unlikely to issue an injunction under the current circumstances.

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Since the workers are acting peacefully and not causing any harm, it is unlikely that the court will issue an injunction to prevent them from picketing.

Question 6

The Equal Pay Act of 1963 required companies to provide equal pay to men and women who perform the same job.

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The Equal Pay Act of 1963 is a federal law that requires employers to pay men and women equal pay for equal work.

Question 7

According to Spotlight on Small Business,in Chapter 12 many private-practice physicians have embraced unionizing as a means to collective bargaining with managed health care organizations.

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The text states, "many private-practice physicians have embraced unionizing as a means to collective bargaining with managed health care organizations."

Question 8

In the next few years,unions are likely to find that they must adopt a tough,confrontational approach in order to get what they want from management.

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Question 9

The unions of the 21^st century are likely to be quite different from those in the past.

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With changing work environments, technology, and demographics, the structure and priorities of unions are likely to evolve and adapt to meet new needs and challenges.

Question 10

Bellandro Bay Brewery union representatives and the company's management have reached an impasse.Going forward,the union has planning an organized strike and other tactics to put pressure on management where it will be most effective.Union supporters are being encouraged to avoid purchasing Bellandro's products.Now union leaders have contacted a variety of stores that stock Bellandro's Beer informing them that union members and other supporters will stop shopping at any store that continues to carry the brewery's beer until the dispute is resolved in the union's favor.This tactic against stores that carry Bellandro's Beer is called a primary boycott.

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Question 11

One way the Teamsters Union plans to increase membership is by reaching out to women in traditionally non-union occupations like health care.

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The statement mentions that the Teamsters Union plans to increase membership by reaching out to women in non-union occupations like health care.

Question 12

In the future,unions are likely to leave training and recruitment of workers to management,and focus instead on encouraging those workers to join the union.

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Unions have historically been involved in both training and recruitment of workers, and are likely to continue playing those roles. While unions may also focus on encouraging workers to join, their involvement in training and recruitment is not expected to diminish in the future.

Question 13

The late Peter Drucker,one of 20^th century's leading management consultants was very critical of the exorbitant compensations that some CEOs were getting.

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Peter Drucker did indeed criticize excessive CEO compensations.

Question 14

The disparity in salaries is clearly reflected in the fact that in 2007,the average CEO compensation for a major company was $12.8 million,compared to a little more than $35,000 that the average worker was compensated.

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This statement is true.

Question 15

Despite their high pay,most CEOs work far fewer hours per week than the average employee in their companies.

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Question 16

CEOs only earn high salaries and bonuses when their companies earn substantial profits.

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Question 17

After adjusting for inflation,the average CEO compensation is actually a little lower now than it was in 1960.

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According to a report by the Economic Policy Institute, after adjusting for inflation, the average CEO compensation in 1965 was $2.2 million (in 2019 dollars), while in 2019, it was $21.3 million. Therefore, the average CEO compensation has significantly increased over the years.

Question 18

Employees were striking at the London Met University last year.Very few students were crossing the picket line.In fact,the city's postal employees refused to deliver mail there claiming that they were honoring the strike for their fellow service union members.The Postal employees were participating in a voluntary secondary boycott.

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This statement is true according to the information given.

Question 19

Today,a woman usually receives a salary that is equal to approximately 80% of her male counterpart.

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This is an accurate statement based on current statistics and data on the gender pay gap.

Question 20

The concept of comparable worth holds that people who do jobs that require similar levels of education,training and skills should receive equal pay.

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The statement accurately describes the concept of comparable worth, which is also known as pay equity or equal pay for work of equal value. It aims to address gender-based pay disparities by comparing different jobs based on the similarity in the required knowledge, responsibility, and working conditions, rather than the traditional gender-based occupational segregation.

Quiz 12: Dealing With Employee-Management Issues and Relationships