TEC 226 FINAL ACCURATE STUDY GUIDE
Closed Shop - Answers - A business that formally agrees with a union local to hire only
union members. Closed shops were outlawed in 1947 by the Taft-Hartley Act
Double-Breasted Operation - Answers - An arrangement by which a union shop
company and an open shop company are owned by the same parent firm
Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) - Answers - A business which is at least 50%
owned, and managed by minority group members (black, Hispanic, Native American,
etc)
Open Shop - Answers - A business whose labor relations are not governed by a labor
agreement
Right-to-Work Law - Answers - A state law that prohibits prehire agreements
Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) - Answers - A business that is at least 50 percent
owned and managed by women
Collective Bargaining - Answers - The process by which representatives of employers
ad employees hammer out a labor agreement. The representatives of employers
negotiate with the representatives of a union about wages, hours of employment, work
practices, and safety
Lockout - Answers - A refusal on the part of an employer to permit workers to work at a
work site
National Agreement - Answers - A labor agreement that is established between a
particular employer and particular craft union
Picketing - Answers - As related to labor disputes, a gathering of union members near
the entrance to a place of employment of an employer with whom the union has a
grievance
Project Agreement - Answers - A labor agreement that is negotiated solely for a
particular project
Strike - Answers - The organized refusal of workers to work at a particular place of
employment as a means of gaining demands made of the employer, also known as a
walkout
Closed Shop - Answers - A business that formally agrees with a union local to hire only
union members. Closed shops were outlawed in 1947 by the Taft-Hartley Act
Double-Breasted Operation - Answers - An arrangement by which a union shop
company and an open shop company are owned by the same parent firm
Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) - Answers - A business which is at least 50%
owned, and managed by minority group members (black, Hispanic, Native American,
etc)
Open Shop - Answers - A business whose labor relations are not governed by a labor
agreement
Right-to-Work Law - Answers - A state law that prohibits prehire agreements
Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) - Answers - A business that is at least 50 percent
owned and managed by women
Collective Bargaining - Answers - The process by which representatives of employers
ad employees hammer out a labor agreement. The representatives of employers
negotiate with the representatives of a union about wages, hours of employment, work
practices, and safety
Lockout - Answers - A refusal on the part of an employer to permit workers to work at a
work site
National Agreement - Answers - A labor agreement that is established between a
particular employer and particular craft union
Picketing - Answers - As related to labor disputes, a gathering of union members near
the entrance to a place of employment of an employer with whom the union has a
grievance
Project Agreement - Answers - A labor agreement that is negotiated solely for a
particular project
Strike - Answers - The organized refusal of workers to work at a particular place of
employment as a means of gaining demands made of the employer, also known as a
walkout
