BUL3310 CHAPTER 23 UPDATED EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
What is the Noris-Laguardia Act (1932) under Unions under Federal Labor Laws? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅It allowed peaceful strikes, picketing, and protests (Because protests were originally
illegal).
What is the Wagner Act (1935) under Unions under Federal Labor Laws? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Established an employee bill of rights to form unions and the right of the union to collect
bargain on half of the employee and allowed to call a strike.
What is the Taft-Hartley Act (1947) under Unions under Federal Labor Laws? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅It
told the unions how to act and what their practices were.
What is the Landrum-Griffin Act (1959) under Unions under Federal Labor Laws? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Established an employee bill of rights and union reporting requirements to stop
corruption.
What is Collective Bargaining? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The negotiation of wages and other conditions
of employment by an organized body of employees aimed at reaching agreements to regulate working
conditions.
What is the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) under Federal Labor Laws? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Congress enacted the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) in 1935 to protect the rights of
employees and employers, to encourage collective bargaining, and to curtail (decrease) certain private
sector labor and management practices, which can harm the general welfare of workers, businesses and
the U.S. economy.
Who and what is covered under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) under Federal Labor Laws? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Anyone involved in interstate foreign commerce will be covered under the NLRA
(Which is everyone basically)
-Nonprofits? Yes
, -Supervisors? Section VII (7) grants the rights only to employees, not supervisors even if they are a
member of the union. Supervisors cannot participate in union activities at all including vote in the union
elections even if they are in the union. Anyone who has the authority to hire, suspend, lay off, promote,
discharge, discipline, or direct employees, or to recommend such actions, is a supervisor
-Independent Contractors? Not covered under the NLRA
-Agricultural Laborers? Not covered under the NRLA
What is the Representative Union Election Procedure under the Federal Labor Law? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅*This is a very democratic process
-Have to have the right to unionize. Are the people similarly situated? Do they do the same things?
(Secretaries are not allowed to form a union because they are privileged to the management
information of their company)
-Employees have to select a union. Union organizers are a highly dangerous job because they go into
places where companies don't want a union and they try to get them into the union
-Petition, cards, & vote. In general, you have to have 30% of the people to vote on whether they want
the union or not
-Election conducted by the National Labors Relations Board (NLRB). They will watch what's going on. Is
the union being coercive of the employees? Are they being coercive towards management votes? NLRB
is looking for these coercive techniques on both sides and situations like this. They then count the votes
and decide whether the union should be in place
-Certification. Once it is voted yes, they will certify them. This cannot be contested for at least another
12 months
What kinds of strikes are permissible under the Federal Labor Laws? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-Economic
Strikes: When employees are not able to negotiate acceptable terms. They strike. They can get their job
back in this process.
Unique characteristics:
-The employer may hire replacements for the striking workers (replacement workers are called scabs.
The word scabs is a derogatory term)
ANSWERS
What is the Noris-Laguardia Act (1932) under Unions under Federal Labor Laws? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅It allowed peaceful strikes, picketing, and protests (Because protests were originally
illegal).
What is the Wagner Act (1935) under Unions under Federal Labor Laws? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Established an employee bill of rights to form unions and the right of the union to collect
bargain on half of the employee and allowed to call a strike.
What is the Taft-Hartley Act (1947) under Unions under Federal Labor Laws? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅It
told the unions how to act and what their practices were.
What is the Landrum-Griffin Act (1959) under Unions under Federal Labor Laws? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Established an employee bill of rights and union reporting requirements to stop
corruption.
What is Collective Bargaining? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The negotiation of wages and other conditions
of employment by an organized body of employees aimed at reaching agreements to regulate working
conditions.
What is the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) under Federal Labor Laws? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Congress enacted the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) in 1935 to protect the rights of
employees and employers, to encourage collective bargaining, and to curtail (decrease) certain private
sector labor and management practices, which can harm the general welfare of workers, businesses and
the U.S. economy.
Who and what is covered under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) under Federal Labor Laws? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Anyone involved in interstate foreign commerce will be covered under the NLRA
(Which is everyone basically)
-Nonprofits? Yes
, -Supervisors? Section VII (7) grants the rights only to employees, not supervisors even if they are a
member of the union. Supervisors cannot participate in union activities at all including vote in the union
elections even if they are in the union. Anyone who has the authority to hire, suspend, lay off, promote,
discharge, discipline, or direct employees, or to recommend such actions, is a supervisor
-Independent Contractors? Not covered under the NLRA
-Agricultural Laborers? Not covered under the NRLA
What is the Representative Union Election Procedure under the Federal Labor Law? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅*This is a very democratic process
-Have to have the right to unionize. Are the people similarly situated? Do they do the same things?
(Secretaries are not allowed to form a union because they are privileged to the management
information of their company)
-Employees have to select a union. Union organizers are a highly dangerous job because they go into
places where companies don't want a union and they try to get them into the union
-Petition, cards, & vote. In general, you have to have 30% of the people to vote on whether they want
the union or not
-Election conducted by the National Labors Relations Board (NLRB). They will watch what's going on. Is
the union being coercive of the employees? Are they being coercive towards management votes? NLRB
is looking for these coercive techniques on both sides and situations like this. They then count the votes
and decide whether the union should be in place
-Certification. Once it is voted yes, they will certify them. This cannot be contested for at least another
12 months
What kinds of strikes are permissible under the Federal Labor Laws? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-Economic
Strikes: When employees are not able to negotiate acceptable terms. They strike. They can get their job
back in this process.
Unique characteristics:
-The employer may hire replacements for the striking workers (replacement workers are called scabs.
The word scabs is a derogatory term)
