Question 1

Employers and unions can seek a court injunction to compel a party or parties to resume or desist from a certain action.

Accepted Answer

Both employers and unions can seek an injunction from the courts if they believe the other side is taking actions that could cause irreparable harm to the other party. An injunction is a court order compelling a party or parties either to resume or to desist from a certain action.

Question 2

What are the different types of strikes? What is the purpose of picketing during a strike?

Accepted Answer

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Question 3

Union pressure on a company's shareholders, directors, and customers is known as a corporate campaign.

Accepted Answer

Management and labor each have other weapons to break an impasse and achieve their aims. The union, for example, may resort to a corporate campaign, which is an organized effort by the union that exerts pressure on the employer by pressuring the company's other unions, shareholders, corporate directors, customers, creditors, and government agencies.

Question 4

Manning Enterprises is experiencing an impasse between management and labor. As a result, the union has made an organized effort to pressure Manning by picketing the homes of corporate directors and boycotting the firm's bank. Which of the following terms best describes the actions of Manning's union members?

Accepted Answer

C)Management and labor each have other weapons to break an impasse and achieve their aims. The union, for example, may resort to a corporate campaign. A corporate campaign is an organized effort by the union that exerts pressure on the employer by pressuring the company's other unions, shareholders, corporate directors, customers, creditors, and government agencies.

Question 5

Employers can replace strikers permanently unless the strike is based on unfair labor practices.

Accepted Answer

Employers generally can replace strikers. However, employers cannot permanently replace strikers who are protesting unfair labor practices.

Question 6

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association and the Federal Aviation Administration have reached an impasse during collective bargaining. Which of the following will most likely be used to reach a settlement?

Accepted Answer

A)Presidential emergency fact-finding boards have successfully resolved impasses in certain critical transportation disputes. Mediation and arbitration are less likely to be used during this national emergency strike.

Question 7

Fact finding seeks to end an impasse by ________.

Accepted Answer

B)A fact finder is a neutral party who studies the issues in a dispute and makes a public recommendation for a reasonable settlement.

Question 8

Employers dealing with an unfair labor practice strike can use all of the following responses EXCEPT ________.

Accepted Answer

D)Employers cannot permanently replace strikers who are protesting unfair labor practices. Shutting down affected areas, having managers fill in, and hiring temporary workers are options in such a situation.

Question 9

Which of the following terms refers to the formal process for addressing any factor involving wages, hours, or conditions of employment that is used as a complaint against the employer?

Accepted Answer

C)The grievance procedure provides an orderly system whereby both employer and union determine whether some action violated the contract. The grievance process allows both parties to interpret and give meaning to various clauses, and transforms the contract into a "living organism."

Question 10

A strike that results from a failure to agree on the terms of a contract, such as wages and benefits, is known as a(n)________ strike.

Accepted Answer

B)An economic strike results from a failure to agree on the terms of a contract. Unions call unfair labor practice strikes to protest illegal conduct by the employer. A wildcat strike is an unauthorized strike occurring during the term of a contract.

Question 11

A wildcat strike is an unauthorized strike that occurs during the term of a contract.

Accepted Answer

A wildcat strike is an unauthorized strike occurring during the term of a contract.

Question 12

One party can compel the other party to negotiate over permissible items if the employees agree to it.

Accepted Answer

Voluntary (or permissible)bargaining items are neither mandatory nor illegal; they become a part of negotiations only through the joint agreement of both management and union. Neither party can compel the other to negotiate over voluntary items.

Question 13

Union tactics designed to impede or disrupt production by encouraging employees to slow the pace of work, refuse to work overtime, and participate in sick-outs are called ________.

Accepted Answer

A)Inside games are union efforts to convince employees to impede or to disrupt production, such as by slowing the work pace, refusing to work overtime. Inside games are basically strikes in which the company continues to pay the employees.

Question 14

Rights arbitration centers on working out a labor agreement when one or both of the parties seeks a change in the agreement or when an agreement does not yet exist.

Accepted Answer

Interest arbitration centers on working out a labor agreement; the parties use it when such agreements do not yet exist or when one or both parties are seeking to change the agreement. Rights arbitration involves interpreting existing contract terms.

Question 15

What third-party interventions are available to handle an impasse during collective bargaining? Discuss each type of intervention in a brief essay.

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Question 16

Which of the following terms refers to a strike that takes place when one union strikes in support of another union?

Accepted Answer

D)A sympathy strike occurs when one union strikes in support of the strike of another union.

Question 17

Ignoring bargaining items is a good strategy for negotiating with labor unions while staying within the limits of good faith bargaining.

Accepted Answer

Ignoring bargaining items is an indication that bargaining is not in good faith. Refusal to bargain on a mandatory item or insistence on a permissive item are examples of ignoring bargaining items.

Question 18

What is the primary purpose of picketing?

Accepted Answer

A)Picketing is one of the first activities to occur during a strike. The purpose is to inform the public about the labor dispute.

Question 19

Smithson management has refused to provide union workers with work shifts as a result of reaching an impasse during collective bargaining. Which of the following best describes Smithson's actions?

Accepted Answer

A)Employers can try to break an impasse with lockouts. A lockout is a refusal by the employer to provide opportunities to work. It (sometimes literally)locks out employees and prohibits them from doing their jobs (and being paid).

Question 20

Mediation guarantees a solution to any impasse that may occur during collective bargaining negotiations.

Accepted Answer

Sometimes an impasse can be resolved through a third party-a disinterested person such as a mediator or arbitrator. If the impasse is not resolved in this way, the union may call a work stoppage, or strike, to put pressure on management.

Quiz 15: Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining