AONE CNML KR COMPREHENSIVE ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔National Labor Relations Act - ✔✔A 1935 law, also known as the Wagner Act, that
guarantees workers the right of collective bargaining sets down rules to protect unions
and organizers, and created the National Labor Relations Board to regulate labor-
managment relations.
✔✔Taft-Hartley Act - ✔✔Act that provides balance of power between union and
management by designating certain union activities as unfair labor practices; also
known as Labor-Management Relations Act (LMRA)
Rights of mgmt
✔✔Landrum-Griffin Act - ✔✔1959 - Specially tailored to make labor officials responsible
for the union's financial affairs, to prevent bully-boy tactics, ensure democratic voting
practices within unions, outlaw secondary boycotts, and restrict picketing.
Act that protects the rights of union members from corrupt or discriminatory labor
unions; also known as Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA)
✔✔Wagner Act - ✔✔1935; established National Labor Relations Board; protected the
rights of most workers in the private sector to organize labor unions, to engage in
collective bargaining, and to take part in strikes and other forms of concerted activity in
support of their demands.
✔✔unfair labor practices - ✔✔Certain practices of employers and unions that are
prohibited by federal or state law (interfering, restraining, coercing employees against
organizing)
✔✔National Labor Relations Board - ✔✔an independent agency of the United States
government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor unions
administers provisions of act
, ✔✔National Labor Relations Board - ✔✔5 members of board are appointed by
president and confirmed by US Senate (republicans = less labor focus)
✔✔Tafty- Hartley Act - ✔✔It hurt labor because it did away with the closed shop,
employers were free to hire non-union workers instead of union workers and it
mandated a 60 day cooling off period before a union could strike which encouraged
negotiation and resulted in fewer strikes. It pushed the AFL and CIO to merge. 1947
✔✔Taft-Hartley Act - ✔✔addressed concerns that unions were too strong
limited union actions
amended or qualified all major provisions of the wagner act and established a code of
conduct for unions
est federal mediation and conciliation service to help managment and labor settle
contract disputes
✔✔The right-to-work provision - ✔✔allows state to pass laws that restrict compulsory
union membership
prohibits requiring employees to join in unions as a condition to obtaining or continuing
employment
allows the person the right to work without joining union
✔✔Landrum-Griffin Act - ✔✔Act that protects the rights of union members from corrupt
or discriminatory labor unions; also known as Labor-Management Reporting and
Disclosure Act (LMRDA)
required to have bylaws, financial reports,, and bill of rights
secretary of labor is designated as a watchdog of union contract
✔✔Process of unionization - ✔✔organizing campaign
authorization cards
representative election
certification
contract negotiations or collective bargaining
✔✔Organizing the Campaign - ✔✔A set of activities whereby a union is attempting to
gain recognition status as the sole agent to bargain collectively with the organization for
the EES
'salting'
persuasion-mailing, meeting, publicizing advantages of membership
purpose- to encourage to sign auth. card
✔✔authorization card - ✔✔a card signed by prospective union members indicating that
they are interested in having a union election held at their work site
30% of employees must sign
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔National Labor Relations Act - ✔✔A 1935 law, also known as the Wagner Act, that
guarantees workers the right of collective bargaining sets down rules to protect unions
and organizers, and created the National Labor Relations Board to regulate labor-
managment relations.
✔✔Taft-Hartley Act - ✔✔Act that provides balance of power between union and
management by designating certain union activities as unfair labor practices; also
known as Labor-Management Relations Act (LMRA)
Rights of mgmt
✔✔Landrum-Griffin Act - ✔✔1959 - Specially tailored to make labor officials responsible
for the union's financial affairs, to prevent bully-boy tactics, ensure democratic voting
practices within unions, outlaw secondary boycotts, and restrict picketing.
Act that protects the rights of union members from corrupt or discriminatory labor
unions; also known as Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA)
✔✔Wagner Act - ✔✔1935; established National Labor Relations Board; protected the
rights of most workers in the private sector to organize labor unions, to engage in
collective bargaining, and to take part in strikes and other forms of concerted activity in
support of their demands.
✔✔unfair labor practices - ✔✔Certain practices of employers and unions that are
prohibited by federal or state law (interfering, restraining, coercing employees against
organizing)
✔✔National Labor Relations Board - ✔✔an independent agency of the United States
government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor unions
administers provisions of act
, ✔✔National Labor Relations Board - ✔✔5 members of board are appointed by
president and confirmed by US Senate (republicans = less labor focus)
✔✔Tafty- Hartley Act - ✔✔It hurt labor because it did away with the closed shop,
employers were free to hire non-union workers instead of union workers and it
mandated a 60 day cooling off period before a union could strike which encouraged
negotiation and resulted in fewer strikes. It pushed the AFL and CIO to merge. 1947
✔✔Taft-Hartley Act - ✔✔addressed concerns that unions were too strong
limited union actions
amended or qualified all major provisions of the wagner act and established a code of
conduct for unions
est federal mediation and conciliation service to help managment and labor settle
contract disputes
✔✔The right-to-work provision - ✔✔allows state to pass laws that restrict compulsory
union membership
prohibits requiring employees to join in unions as a condition to obtaining or continuing
employment
allows the person the right to work without joining union
✔✔Landrum-Griffin Act - ✔✔Act that protects the rights of union members from corrupt
or discriminatory labor unions; also known as Labor-Management Reporting and
Disclosure Act (LMRDA)
required to have bylaws, financial reports,, and bill of rights
secretary of labor is designated as a watchdog of union contract
✔✔Process of unionization - ✔✔organizing campaign
authorization cards
representative election
certification
contract negotiations or collective bargaining
✔✔Organizing the Campaign - ✔✔A set of activities whereby a union is attempting to
gain recognition status as the sole agent to bargain collectively with the organization for
the EES
'salting'
persuasion-mailing, meeting, publicizing advantages of membership
purpose- to encourage to sign auth. card
✔✔authorization card - ✔✔a card signed by prospective union members indicating that
they are interested in having a union election held at their work site
30% of employees must sign
