Labor Relations Final Exam

Labor Relations Final Exam

1. After 3 years of union representation, employees
at Stellar Snowboard Manufacturing company
decide that they wish to end their relationship with
the union. The employees must:
A. Stop paying all union dues.
B. File a petition for decertification election.
C. Petition the employer to stop negotiating with
the union.
D. Request that a new union begin negotiating on
their behalf. Correct Answers B. File a petition for
decertification election.

1. An organization that allows its employees to
exercise their voice in the workplace using
democratic principles similar to those that are
commonly accepted in a democratic society is one
that exercises industrial democracy.
True False Correct Answers True

1. Congress enacted the National Labor Relations
Act to protect the rights of employees and
employers, to encourage collective bargaining, and
to curtail certain private sector labor and
management practices, which can harm the
general welfare of workers, businesses and the U.S.
economy.
A. True
B. False Correct Answers True

,1. In return for management's agreement to
arbitrate disputes in the workplace, the union
generally waives:
A. The right to sue.
B. The right to make unilateral changes to the
contract.
C. The right to mediate.
D. The right to strike. Correct Answers D. The
right to strike.

10. Beck rights allow union workers to pay only
that portion of union dues that goes to:
A. Contract negotiations and administration.
B. Union organizing and advertising.
C. Political lobbying.
D. All of the above. Correct Answers A. Contract
negotiations and administration.

10. One important goal of U.S. labor law is to
increase purchasing power of workers.
True False Correct Answers True

10. The National Labor Relations Act covers all
persons who are employees.

A. True
B. False Correct Answers False

,10. When the Teamsters Union, which had
traditionally represented truck drivers, and other
employees in the transportation industry, began to
organize police and firefighters, it could be
considered a:
A. A strategic campaign.
B. An illegal campaign.
C. An opportunistic campaign.
D. A decertification campaign. Correct Answers C.
An opportunistic campaign.

100. The process of estimating the costs of
proposals in negotiations is called contract costing.
True False Correct Answers True

101. The outcome of collective bargaining is a
unilateral change in wages, hours and working
conditions.
True False Correct Answers False

102. When it comes to mandatory bargaining
issues, the employer can only make unilateral
changes once it has fulfilled its duty to bargain with
the union in good faith.
True False Correct Answers True

103. As long as the employer has bargained in
good faith, once an impasse in negotiations has
been reached it is within its legal rights to make

, unilateral changes by implementing whatever
terms it wants.
True False Correct Answers False

104. Direct dealing occurs when an employer tries
to do an "end around" the union by talking to the
employees and getting their input on issues related
to negotiations without going through the union
first.
True False

106. Workers cannot be disciplined or discharged
for participating in unfair labor practice strikes
even if the NLRB ultimately determines that the
employer is innocent of any wrong-doing.
True False Correct Answers True

105. An economic strike is a strike that occurs
when workers are unhappy with a country's
general economic conditions and seek to apply
pressure to government officials to improve the
economy.
True False Correct Answers False

106. Workers cannot be disciplined or discharged
for participating in unfair labor practice strikes
even if the NLRB ultimately determines that the
employer is innocent of any wrong-doing.
True False Correct Answers False