HRM 402 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
What lead to laws that govern labor-management relations - Answers - The Great
depression error; employees not having any protection on their jobs or where they work
anti-union weapons - Answers - anti-trust laws
criminal conspiracy doctrine
court injunctions
yellow-dog contracts
yellow-dog contracts - Answers - document that employees sign saying that they won't
join a union or associate with one
NLRB - Answers - resolving unfair workplace practices
union or company acting unfairly, NLRB will investigate
jurisdiction of union and their employers
right to work - Answers - can refuse to join a union while working in a company with a
union
Taft-Hartley - right-to-work - Answers - what law allows for the right-to-work
at will employment - Answers - you can get fired and quit a job whenever
Norris-La Guardia Act - Answers - - legislature must determine whether a strike is illegal
- courts cannot prevent aid from labor union
- courts generally cannot interfere with union picketing/messaging except in cases of
violence or fraud
- yellow-dog contracts illegal
Wagner Act - Answers - - Unfair labor practices: employers can neither interfere with
collective bargaining efforts nor "restrain or coerce"
- creates national labor relations board
- employers must bargain in good faith with employee representatives
Taft-Harley Act - Answers - - unions cannot "restrain or coerce"
- unions must also bargain in good faith
- unions cannot boycott suppliers or purchasers
- featherbedding is illegal
- no excessive membership fees/dues
- allows states to pass "right-to-work" provisions
, Landrum-Griffin Act - Answers - -response to widespread problems (union fraud, mobs)
- regulates internal conduct of unions
- Five key areas
(union member bill of rights, reports to secretary of labor, union trusteeship controls,
conduct of union elections, financial safeguards)
bargaining "in good faith" - Answers - - company must provide relevant information to
union
- Must actively participate (open mind, sincere desire)
- must meet at reasonable times and intervals
- must have an authorized decision-maker at the table
- must make counterproposals
- no requirement to reach agreement or make concessions (impasses be evaluated by
NLRB)
closed shop - Answers - only union members can be hired
closed shop illegal - Answers - taft-hartley act makes only union members can be hired
in a company illegally.
union shop - Answers - employees required to join a labor union soon after hire and
must remain a member of the duration of the job (legal in some states)
agency shop - Answers - you don't have to join a union, but you still have to pay union
dues
open shop - Answers - employees are not required to join a labor union (legal
everywhere)
process for a union to be certified - Answers - worker wants to unionize (contact a
union) -> union helps the workers unionize (petitions for an election) -> government gets
involved (publicity campaign seeking votes; election is held) -> agreement is negotiated
(or impasse) -> agreement is administered
30% - Answers - how many votes needed for authorization for an election
unfair labor practices during a union election for a company - Answers - - cannot
restrain, coerce, or threaten
- cannot seetle grievances
- cannot surveil or interrogate (can only talk to large groups)
- cannot reward employees to campaign against a union
- cannot enforce nonwork areas during nonwork time (cafeteria)
unfair labor practices during a union election for a union - Answers - - cannot restrain,
coerce, or threaten
- generally cannot distribute campaign literature in work areas during working hours
ANSWERS
What lead to laws that govern labor-management relations - Answers - The Great
depression error; employees not having any protection on their jobs or where they work
anti-union weapons - Answers - anti-trust laws
criminal conspiracy doctrine
court injunctions
yellow-dog contracts
yellow-dog contracts - Answers - document that employees sign saying that they won't
join a union or associate with one
NLRB - Answers - resolving unfair workplace practices
union or company acting unfairly, NLRB will investigate
jurisdiction of union and their employers
right to work - Answers - can refuse to join a union while working in a company with a
union
Taft-Hartley - right-to-work - Answers - what law allows for the right-to-work
at will employment - Answers - you can get fired and quit a job whenever
Norris-La Guardia Act - Answers - - legislature must determine whether a strike is illegal
- courts cannot prevent aid from labor union
- courts generally cannot interfere with union picketing/messaging except in cases of
violence or fraud
- yellow-dog contracts illegal
Wagner Act - Answers - - Unfair labor practices: employers can neither interfere with
collective bargaining efforts nor "restrain or coerce"
- creates national labor relations board
- employers must bargain in good faith with employee representatives
Taft-Harley Act - Answers - - unions cannot "restrain or coerce"
- unions must also bargain in good faith
- unions cannot boycott suppliers or purchasers
- featherbedding is illegal
- no excessive membership fees/dues
- allows states to pass "right-to-work" provisions
, Landrum-Griffin Act - Answers - -response to widespread problems (union fraud, mobs)
- regulates internal conduct of unions
- Five key areas
(union member bill of rights, reports to secretary of labor, union trusteeship controls,
conduct of union elections, financial safeguards)
bargaining "in good faith" - Answers - - company must provide relevant information to
union
- Must actively participate (open mind, sincere desire)
- must meet at reasonable times and intervals
- must have an authorized decision-maker at the table
- must make counterproposals
- no requirement to reach agreement or make concessions (impasses be evaluated by
NLRB)
closed shop - Answers - only union members can be hired
closed shop illegal - Answers - taft-hartley act makes only union members can be hired
in a company illegally.
union shop - Answers - employees required to join a labor union soon after hire and
must remain a member of the duration of the job (legal in some states)
agency shop - Answers - you don't have to join a union, but you still have to pay union
dues
open shop - Answers - employees are not required to join a labor union (legal
everywhere)
process for a union to be certified - Answers - worker wants to unionize (contact a
union) -> union helps the workers unionize (petitions for an election) -> government gets
involved (publicity campaign seeking votes; election is held) -> agreement is negotiated
(or impasse) -> agreement is administered
30% - Answers - how many votes needed for authorization for an election
unfair labor practices during a union election for a company - Answers - - cannot
restrain, coerce, or threaten
- cannot seetle grievances
- cannot surveil or interrogate (can only talk to large groups)
- cannot reward employees to campaign against a union
- cannot enforce nonwork areas during nonwork time (cafeteria)
unfair labor practices during a union election for a union - Answers - - cannot restrain,
coerce, or threaten
- generally cannot distribute campaign literature in work areas during working hours
