The right of workers to pay only the amount of dues that goes toward collective bargaining and
contract administration is called: - Answers Beck rights.
Billings Paper Co. recently sold their Green Bay, WI plant to a larger company. The union contract
specified that any new owner would need to recognize and bargain with the existing union at Billings.
This contract provision is called a(n): - Answers Successorship clause
Collective bargaining agreements are enforceable in federal court under: - Answers The Taft-Hartley
Act
The 1960 Supreme Court decision(s) that established the importance and legitimacy of grievance
arbitration is/are referred to as the ____________________. - Answers Steelworkers Trilogy
Which of the following is not generally determined by seniority rights under a union contract? -
Answers Determination of which grievances will be pursued by the union.
A key job right that is protected by union contracts is the concept of pay based on: - Answers The job
itself
The purpose of a management rights clause is to ensure that management: - Answers Maintains
decision-making authority over traditional management functions.
Colson Company's contract with Teamsters Local 59 specifies that supervisors are to make promotion
decisions by selecting the most senior employee from a pool of qualified employees. The company is
allocating promotions using: - Answers Seniority as a determining factor
Employees covered by a just cause clause have the right to insist that there be valid,
____________________ reasons for being disciplined or fired. - Answers job-related
An agreement that requires employees to settle disputes with their employer using arbitration
instead of a lawsuit is known as: - Answers Mandatory arbitration agreement
Most grievances are settled: - Answers By management and the union in the early stages of the
grievance procedure.
Union and agency shop agreements are intended to minimize the ____________________________
problem that arises from a union's duty of fair representation. - Answers Free rider
Nonunion grievance procedures such as open door policies typically lack ____________________. -
Answers due process protections
When contract language is ambiguous arbitrators: - Answers Use the ordinary meaning of words to
interpret the contract.
Union contracts frequently specify all of the following that management obligations EXCEPT: -
Answers hiring standards
Which of the following is not a valid concern about nonunion committees? - Answers Employees
might become over-empowered.
The underlying principle of quality of working life programs was that: - Answers If working conditions
were more humane, job satisfaction and product quality would increase
Detailed systems of narrow job classifications and precise job descriptions are most likely to threaten:
- Answers Functional flexibility
Scientific management forms of work organization are being replaced with flatter, team-oriented
work structures that serve ____________________ and employee involvement rather than mass
manufacturing. - Answers flexible specialization
Strategies to overcome resistance to change that are consistent with a fostering change strategy
include all of the following EXCEPT: - Answers scientific management principles
The NLRA bans management ____________________, not involvement. - Answers domination
An example of a continuous process strategy that use statistical methods to measure defects and
guide continuous improvement is: - Answers Total quality management
The EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union is: - Answers A declaration of desired
standards pertaining to worker's rights.
The European Union includes all of the following EXCEPT: - Answers Common labor laws
International investment portfolios can be beneficial because: - Answers They provide working capital
for local companies and financing for foreign government operations.
Foreign direct investment is vulnerable to criticism because: - Answers It can be used to exploit
workers and degrade the environment