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36. Each of the following an institutional collective bargaining issue : 1234357
36. Each of the following is an institutional collective bargaining issue EXCEPT:
A) rights and duties of employers.
B) union security.
C) quality of work life programs.
D) check-off procedures.
E) two-tier wage systems.
37. Each of the following is an administrative collective bargaining issue EXCEPT:
A) seniority.
B) employee discipline and discharge procedures.
C) work rules.
D) union security.
E) job security.
38. The Coal Miners’ National Union (CMNU) has decided to give up some of the advantages it has gained for the past five years in an attempt to avoid a lay off of several hundred coal miners at a local coal mine. This sort of tactic is called:
A) distributive bargaining.
B) impasse resolution.
C) concessionary bargaining.
D) unmediated arbitration.
E) binding arbitration.
39. Which of the following is illegal under the Taft-Harley act?
A) Strike
B) Picketing
C) Primary boycott
D) Secondary boycott
E) Lockout
40. In signing a binding arbitration policy, an employee:
A) can still file charges in federal courts.
B) can veto the decision of the arbitrator.
C) has to submit his/her complaint to the arbitration process.
D) can, with the help of the arbitrator, reach a consensus agreement with the company regarding the grievance.
E) can require the company to pay for the arbitration process.
41. Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding arbitration?
A) If a grievance cannot be settled, both sides agree on an arbitrator to decide the matter.
B) Arbitration is a last resort if attempts to settle grievance disputes have failed.
C) Arbitration can be very costly.
D) Arbitration is more costly in comparison to strikes and lockouts.
E) A major criticism of arbitration is the problem of delays which can take place.
42. An arbitrator must take into account all of the following when forming a decision EXCEPT:
A) Precedents that have been established in previous cases.
B) Whether the employee was accorded due process.
C) Recent laws.
D) The facts of the current case.
E) Whether the employer had just cause for any actions taken against the complainant.
43. The National Railworkers Union (NRU) and Norfolk-Southern Railway (NSR) have been bargaining over a new labor contract for several weeks. However, the negotiations have reached a deadlock and the NRU is threatening to strike. At this point both parties should do which of the following?
A) Bring in an arbitrator to settle the differences and recommend a course of action.
B) Bring court action against the other party.
C) Call in a mediator to review the dispute and suggest compromises.
D) Agree to the strike.
E) Use miniarbitration.
44. __________ requires that a hearing be held within 10 days after an appeal is made.
A) Grievance mediation
B) Mediation
C) Miniarbitration
D) Written grievance
E) Impasse resolution
45. Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the U.S. labor relations system relative to systems in most other countries?
A) The U.S. is unusual in that more than one union may represent the same workers.
B) The U.S. government plays a more active role in labor relations and dispute resolution compared to other countries.
C) In other countries the relationship between the union and management is generally adversarial, while in the U.S. the relationship is more cooperative.
D) In the U.S. there is decentralized collective bargaining, while other countries rely primarily on industry-wide negotiation.
E) In the U.S. the unions emphasize political issues to a greater degree.
46. When a union sympathizer seeks and gains employment at a non-unionized company with the intent of laying the ground work for a union certification election, this is known as _____.
A) election arbitration
B) mediation
C) a yellow dog agreement
D) an impasse resolution
E) Salting
47. A company has 2,000 eligible workers in a prospective bargaining unit. How many of these workers need to sign an authorization card before the NLRB will order an election?
A) 200
B) 600
C) 500
D) 201
E) 1001
48. Union recognition is most commonly a result of _______.
A) the outcome of arbitration
B) management count of authorization cards
C) NLRB order based on an unfair labor practice
D) an NLRB ordered election
E) impasse resolution mediation
49. If a union has been successful in getting a majority of workers to sign authorization card, it may be in the company’s best interest to consider ________ to recognize the union without a certification election.
A) Grievance mediation
B) a neutrality agreement
C) binding arbitration
D) interest based negotiation
E) Impasse resolution
50. If employees no longer want to be represented by their union, they may petition the NLRB for which of the following?
A) Mini arbitration
B) Deauthorization
C) Contract bar
D) Decertification
E) Statutory bar
