1. What legislation created a national minimum wage, mandatory overtime premium for qualified workers, and restrictions on child labor? (Points : 5)
Equal Pay Act
Civil Rights Act
Employee Retirement Income Security Act
Fair Labor Standards Act
None of the above
2. A local union may represent: (Points : 5)
Many workers from a single workplace
Workers in a single occupation from several workplaces
Multiple occupations in multiple workplaces
All of the above
None of the above
3. On a cold winter day, a group of employees decides that the temperature in their manufacturing plant is unbearably cold. Together, the employees approach their employer and request that the heat be turned up. The employer: (Points : 5)
Must collectively bargain with this group of employees over the plant temperature
May ignore the employees' request
Must turn up the heat at the request of the employees
Can fire the employees for insubordination
All of the above
4. The typical union contract duration is: (Points : 5)
1 year
5 years
3 years
Open-ended
5. Since the 1950's union membership in the public sector has increased along with union membership in the private sector. (Points : 5)
True
False
6. According to the mainstream economics school, the role of the government is to protect individual worker rights through legislation such as minimum wage laws, safety and health laws, and income protection benefits (e.g., unemployment compensation). (Points : 5)
True
False
7. When workers protest wages, hours and/or working conditions by refusing to leave the shop/plant floor, it is known as a sit down strike. (Points : 5)
True
False
8. A yellow dog contract is a promise by employers to hire only union workers at their place of business. (Points : 5)
True
False
9. During the early 1900's, unions were viewed by the law as voluntary organizations of individuals and, since U.S. law valued individual liberty and freedom above all else, unions and workers were allowed relative freedom to use whatever means they could to protect their wages and working conditions. (Points : 5)
True
False
10. It is illegal for an employer to voluntarily recognize a union just because it has a majority of union authorization cards signed; union representation can only be decided by secret ballot vote. (Points : 5)
True
False
11. Which of the following is not likely to be considered illegal under the National Labor Relations Act? (Points : 5)
Firing an employee who is trying to organize a union.
Improving wages, benefits and working conditions just before a representation election.
Lies, misrepresentation, and distortion of facts.
Questioning employees about whether they intend to vote for the union.
12. When unions typically represent a limited group of employees in a single workplace, bargaining is said to be decentralized. (Points : 5)
True
False
13. Upon request, an employer has an obligation to provide information such as job evaluation data, health and safety statistics, and wage information to the union if it is necessary for representing the workers effectively. (Points : 5)
True
False
14. Annually, fewer than 3 percent of the contracts that are opened for negotiations end up in a strike. (Points : 5)
True
False
15. It is illegal for employees to cross their own union's picket line. (Points : 5)
True
False
16. Traditional U.S. union contracts provide strict guidelines, but are not legally-enforceable in the United States. (Points : 5)
True
False
17. Quality of working life programs introduced in the 1970s were largely designed to address problems with worker fatigue, boredom, and alienation that were associated with mass production. (Points : 5)
True
False
18. Fair trade and free trade are basically the same concepts. (Points : 5)
True
False
19. Across the world, labor relations systems are converging to a common set of policies and practices. (Points : 5)
True
False
20. Union leaders are faced with several roles which, at times, conflict with each other, placing them in the role of "navigator." (Points : 5)
True
False
PASSWORD:- SHIV
Equal Pay Act
Civil Rights Act
Employee Retirement Income Security Act
Fair Labor Standards Act
None of the above
2. A local union may represent: (Points : 5)
Many workers from a single workplace
Workers in a single occupation from several workplaces
Multiple occupations in multiple workplaces
All of the above
None of the above
3. On a cold winter day, a group of employees decides that the temperature in their manufacturing plant is unbearably cold. Together, the employees approach their employer and request that the heat be turned up. The employer: (Points : 5)
Must collectively bargain with this group of employees over the plant temperature
May ignore the employees' request
Must turn up the heat at the request of the employees
Can fire the employees for insubordination
All of the above
4. The typical union contract duration is: (Points : 5)
1 year
5 years
3 years
Open-ended
5. Since the 1950's union membership in the public sector has increased along with union membership in the private sector. (Points : 5)
True
False
6. According to the mainstream economics school, the role of the government is to protect individual worker rights through legislation such as minimum wage laws, safety and health laws, and income protection benefits (e.g., unemployment compensation). (Points : 5)
True
False
7. When workers protest wages, hours and/or working conditions by refusing to leave the shop/plant floor, it is known as a sit down strike. (Points : 5)
True
False
8. A yellow dog contract is a promise by employers to hire only union workers at their place of business. (Points : 5)
True
False
9. During the early 1900's, unions were viewed by the law as voluntary organizations of individuals and, since U.S. law valued individual liberty and freedom above all else, unions and workers were allowed relative freedom to use whatever means they could to protect their wages and working conditions. (Points : 5)
True
False
10. It is illegal for an employer to voluntarily recognize a union just because it has a majority of union authorization cards signed; union representation can only be decided by secret ballot vote. (Points : 5)
True
False
11. Which of the following is not likely to be considered illegal under the National Labor Relations Act? (Points : 5)
Firing an employee who is trying to organize a union.
Improving wages, benefits and working conditions just before a representation election.
Lies, misrepresentation, and distortion of facts.
Questioning employees about whether they intend to vote for the union.
12. When unions typically represent a limited group of employees in a single workplace, bargaining is said to be decentralized. (Points : 5)
True
False
13. Upon request, an employer has an obligation to provide information such as job evaluation data, health and safety statistics, and wage information to the union if it is necessary for representing the workers effectively. (Points : 5)
True
False
14. Annually, fewer than 3 percent of the contracts that are opened for negotiations end up in a strike. (Points : 5)
True
False
15. It is illegal for employees to cross their own union's picket line. (Points : 5)
True
False
16. Traditional U.S. union contracts provide strict guidelines, but are not legally-enforceable in the United States. (Points : 5)
True
False
17. Quality of working life programs introduced in the 1970s were largely designed to address problems with worker fatigue, boredom, and alienation that were associated with mass production. (Points : 5)
True
False
18. Fair trade and free trade are basically the same concepts. (Points : 5)
True
False
19. Across the world, labor relations systems are converging to a common set of policies and practices. (Points : 5)
True
False
20. Union leaders are faced with several roles which, at times, conflict with each other, placing them in the role of "navigator." (Points : 5)
True
False
PASSWORD:- SHIV
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