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Q: Vicarious Liability
Answer:
Indirect liability imposed on a supervisory party (such as an employer) for
the actions of a subordinate (such as an employee) because of the relationship
between the
two parties
Q: Wagner Act of 1935 (NLRA)
Answer:
Adopted to encourage the formation of labor unions and
provide for collective bargaining between employers and unions
(also created the NRLB-National Labor Relations Board)
Q: NLRB (National Labor Relations Board)
Answer:
Administrative agency formed to interpret and
enforce the National Labor Relations Act
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Q: National Labor Relations Act
Answer:
Established the rights of employees to engage in collective
bargaining and to strike. It also defined the specific employer practices as unfair to
labor
Q: Taft-Hartley Act of 1947
Answer:
-AKA Labor-Mgmt Relations Act; was passed to forbid certain unfair
union practices, such as the closed shop
Preserved legality of the union shop
Prohibited unions from refusing to bargain with employers, engaging in certain type
of
picketing, and featherbedding-causing employers to hire more employees than
needed
Allowed states to pass their own right-to-work laws
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Q: Closed shop
Answer:
A firm that requires union membership by its workers as a condition of
employment
Q: Union Shop
Answer:
A firm that requires all workers, once employed, to become union members
within a specific period of time as a condition of their continued employment
Q: Right to work law
Answer:
A state law providing that employees may not be required to join a union
as a condition of retaining employment
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Q: Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA)
Answer:
-Established an employee bill of
rights and reporting requirements for union activities
Outlawed Hot-Cargo Agreements
Q: Hot-Cargo Agreements
Answer:
An illegal agreement in which employers voluntarily agree with
unions not to handle, use, or deal in the nonunion-produced goods of other employers
Q: Landrum-Griffin Act of 1959
Answer:
Governs internal operations of labor unions