1. How should a country regulate labor unions to best insure both labor peace an
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1. How should a country regulate labor unions to best insure both labor peace and worker productivity?
Pick the best example:
a. The U.S. before 1935
b. México before 1931, the year that they passed their federal labor law giving workers the right to join and form labor unions
c. Russia and North Korea
d. The U.S. after 1935
2. Where would you expect to find production worker labor costs (wages, benefits, etc.) to be about $2.00 per hour in U.S. dollars?
a. El Paso
b. México
c. U.S.A
d. Canada
3. Suppose that you are a Human Resource Manager for a store and warehouse located in the U.S. The workers have been talking about forming a union. Which of the following statements could you make to your workers without risking an unfair labor practice?
a. “Often when workers vote to be represented by a union, employers close operations and move elsewhere. Look at Furrs, Levis and Pillsbury.”
b. “If the workers vote not to be represented by a union, we will continue to give the same pay increases that we have given each year for so many years.”
c. “We are strongly opposed to labor unions. We are we are pro-Associate. We believe in maintaining an environment of open communication between all Associates. We respect the individual rights of our Associates and encourage everyone to express their ideas, suggestions, comments, or concerns. Because we believe in maintaining an environment of open communications through the use of the Open Door, employees should not vote for a union. If they do so it is likely that the store will close. It is our position that every Associate can speak for him/herself without having to pay his/her hard earned money to a union in order to be listed to and have issues resolved.”
d. “Union contracts have provisions that allow employers to lay-off workers. Lay-offs are typically be seniority. If employees vote to be represented by a union, there will be layoffs, but in order of seniority.”
4. You are the CEO of a private sector Hospital. The food service workers in the kitchen and the nurses that work for the hospital have both filed petitions with the NLRB to be represented by the American Nurses Association (ANA). The union has demanded that the employer begin to bargain with them. There are 100 food service workers, 300 nurses, and 400 other workers (clerical, cleaning, x-ray technicians, parking lot attendants, etc.). The union has authorization cards signed by 29 food service workers, 99 nurses, and 100 other workers. You are meeting with your labor attorney and trying to decide what legal challenges you will file with the NLRB. Which one of the following are you most likely to choose.
a. You will take the position that the nurses should be allowed to vote because the do not have enough people with signed authorization cards.
b. You will request that the food service workers, the nurses, and the other workers be placed in one bargaining unit for the election.
c. You will request that all workers in the hospital: nurses, food service workers, and others be placed in three separate bargaining units for the election.
d. You will reject the union’s demand because the union does not have enough cards signed to show that they represent a majority of the workers or enough to force an election.
5. You are the assistant manager of a non-union soft drink bottling facility in El Paso, Texas. The United Food and Commercial Workers Union has been attempting to organize the workers at your facility. Which of the following are you most likely to do:
a. Agree with the workers and encourage them to form a union because you’d also like to have a grievance procedure with binding arbitration for your own complaints.
b. Tell the workers that if they vote for the union, the union rules (or contract provisions) will require them to become a member of the union and pay dues to the union.
c. Tell the workers that if they vote for the union, the bottling operation will be moved to Cd. Júarez.
d. Tell the workers that they they don’t need to pay their money to someone else to speak for them because they have an open door policy.
6. Which of the following could be thought of as a fine example of a good leader?
a. César Chávez
b. Jimmy Hoffa
c. Molly Maquire
d. Fidel Velásquez
7. You are a supervisor at a non-union convenience store that is part of a national chain whose corporate headquarters are in Boca Raton, Florida. You believe that one of your employees has been smoking marijuana while at work or on their lunch break because you smell something strange that might be marijuana. How do you respond?
a. You schedule the employee for a breathalyzer test.
b. You fire the worker for misconduct.
c. You schedule a meeting with the employee and someone who works for the United Food and Commercial Workers Union to conduct and investigatory interview.
d. You call HR in your corporate headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida to ask them how to proceed.
8. Ruben is offered a job which pays $20,000 per year. He is not currently working and has no other job offers. During the initial interview the interviewer stated that the salary for this job would be $16,000 to $20,000. Ruben needs to decide what to do. What should Ruben do?
a. Accept the job because the employer is probably already at their resistance point.
b. Tell the employer, “I’ll only accept your offer if you pay me $21,000.” He’d do this because he thinks they won’t rescind their offer since his response was put so kindly, and their resistance point is probably $21,000.
c. Ask for $21,000 because of his BATNA.
d. Accept the offer at $20,000 because the offer is close to his target point of $21,000.
9. The following language is likely to be found in which type of labor contract provision: “management shall have the right to hire and discharge for just cause, to transfer or lay off because of work load distribution or lack of work.”
a. Management Rights
b. Separability Clause
c. Restricted Rights
d. Union Rights
10. The right to “discharge for just cause” :
a. is broad right that management can exercise freely.
b. allows management to discharge any employee for misconduct.
c. allows management to fire workers just cause it has the right to do so.
d. requires management to prove just cause.
11. Management must bargain with the union over:
a. A management decision to relocate its operation.
b. Management directing the workers what to do.
c. Management implementation of the union security clause.
d. The effects of management’s decision to relocate it’s operations.
12. What is the best way for employers to compare the attitudes of their employees toward unions in one department versus another?
a. Ask them
b. Hire a private detective agency to find out
c. Wait to see what are the results of a union certification election
d. Conduct a job satisfaction survey
13. In which occupation you more likely to find that unions represent workers?
a. Construction Workers
b. Cashiers
c. Dental Assistants
d. Border Patrol Agents
14. Which of the following may an employer say to their employees about unions in a non-union shop?
a. “Employees represented by unions pay union dues. Why would you want to pay union dues?”
b. “Are you a union member?”
c. “Tell me what you have heard employees saying about the union.”
d. “I used to belong to a union and it never benefited me in any way.”
15. In which of the following is there both a third party and a binding outcome?
a. Arbitration
b. Mediation
c. Conciliation
d. Negotiation
16. If you are a non-union employee and you want a pay raise, which are you most likely to use?
a. Arbitration
b. Mediation
c. Conciliation
d. Negotiation
17. Juan is negotiating with his boss for time off this summer from his job. He has 2-weeks paid vacation, but he’s asked his boss for two extra weeks off unpaid so that he can travel with his wife to Europe. They can do the trip in three weeks, but 4 weeks would be ideal. Which of the following is true about Juan?
a. His resistance point is 2 weeks paid and 1 week unpaid
b. His initial request is 2 weeks paid and 2 weeks unpaid
c. His BATNA is 2 weeks paid and 2 weeks unpaid
d. The settlement range is somewhere between 0 and 2 weeks total paid and unpaid
18. “Just cause” is a concept that:
a. applies to at-will employers
b. applies to employees in right-to-work states
c. applies to employees in Mexico
d. applies to employees covered by a union contract
19. “Concerted activity” refers to:
a. three workers talking about forming a union at work
b. a worker filing a complaint with the NLRB about race discrimination
c. repeatedly asking a male co-worker to go to a concert
d. employees using an employer’s Open Door policy
20. Suppose you are working for a manufacturing company that has historically given its workers pay increases equal to the increase in cost-of-living. Now your company is losing sales because your products have become too expensive. There is a high unemployment rate in your local area. Which of the following are you most likely to consider?
a. A two-tier pay plan
b. Front loading
c. Job evaluation
d. Roll-up pay
21. Consider the following facts: The Company seniority list shows that John has the most company seniority, Jane the second most, and Juan the third most. All three workers are in the same department. Juan has been in the department the longest. Jane the second longest, and John the least. If the company will allow workers to bump others in their department by company seniority and they layoff the least senior first, who will get laid off?
a. John
b. Jane
c. Juan
d. None of the above
22.Who gets the highest pay?
a. Workers at a non-union furniture manufacturer in South Carolina
b. Workers at a union garment manufacturer in New York
c. Workers at a unionized newspaper in Mexico City
d. Workers at a unionized automobile manufacturer in Pennsylvania
23. A newly created job classification within a bargaining unit requires the following under the NLRA to determine the pay rate?
a. Job evaluation
b. Job analysis
c. Wage survey
d. Negotiation
24. You are negotiating with a co-worker over who will work on the weekend, you or he. You will need to work with this person in the future and may have to deal with work schedule issues again sometime. He becomes red-faced. You conclude that he is angry. You should:
a. Tell him that he appears angry and suggest that he take a break
b. Tell him that this can be an distributive negotiation in which there can be a “win-win” solution
c. Tell him that you’d like to take a break for a little while and talk about it later
d. Use the Good Guy/Bad Guy tactic 25. Which of the following are usually more important to workers?
a. Health insurance benefits
b. Job Security
c. Merit-pay increases
d. A and B are both the most important
26. Lemuel R. Boulware would have been most like to say which of the following:
a. “That is a mandatory subject of bargaining”
b. “How about adding in just 2 cents per hour to close the deal”
c. “You can either talk to me, or to Big Bill our hard line negotiator over there”
d. “Take it or leave it.”
27. Who would be most likely to call a strike?
a. An umpire in football
b. The National Basketball Association
c. The National Football League Players Association
d. The El Paso County Sheriffs Association
28. Who would be most likely to use a Lockout?
a. A husband who forgot his keys
b. The Owners of Teams in the National Basketball Association
c. The Longshoreman’s Union
d. The El Paso County Sheriffs Association
29. Supervisors may not be represented by unions in the private sector because:
a. They are exempt under the FLSA
b. They are excluded under the NLRA
c. They are non-exempt under the FLSA
d. They are non-excluded under the NLRA
30. Union solicitation by employees outside working time but on the employer’s property:
a. Can be prohibited by the employer
b. Can be prohibited by the employer because it is a reasonable impediment to self-organization
c. Cannot be prohibited by the employer because it is an unreasonable impediment to self-organization
d. Can be prohibited by the employer because it is private property
Explanation / Answer
1. How should a country regulate labor unions to best insure both labor peace and worker productivity?
Pick the best example:
a. The U.S. before 1935
b. México before 1931, the year that they passed their federal labor law giving workers the right to join and form labor unions
c. Russia and North Korea
d. The U.S. after 1935
Correct answer is option d. The U.S. after 1935
The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 also known as the Wagner Act was passed in July 1935, which guarantees basic rights of private sector employees to organize into trade unions, engage in collective bargaining for better terms and conditions at work, and take collective action including strike if necessary. By this law, U. S. regulates labor unions to best insure both labor peace and worker productivity in the country.
2. Where would you expect to find production worker labor costs (wages, benefits, etc.) to be about $2.00 per hour in U.S. dollars?
a. El Paso
b. México
c. U.S.A
d. Canada
Correct answer is option b. México
México is the country of lowest wages for labor in north America so you can expect to find production worker labor costs (wages, benefits, etc.) to be about $2.00 per hour in U.S. dollars. Although it varies a lot from different sectors to different locations.
3. Suppose that you are a Human Resource Manager for a store and warehouse located in the U.S. The workers have been talking about forming a union. Which of the following statements could you make to your workers without risking an unfair labor practice?
a. “Often when workers vote to be represented by a union, employers close operations and move elsewhere. Look at Furrs, Levis and Pillsbury.”
b. “If the workers vote not to be represented by a union, we will continue to give the same pay increases that we have given each year for so many years.”
c. “We are strongly opposed to labor unions. We are we are pro-Associate. We believe in maintaining an environment of open communication between all Associates. We respect the individual rights of our Associates and encourage everyone to express their ideas, suggestions, comments, or concerns. Because we believe in maintaining an environment of open communications through the use of the Open Door, employees should not vote for a union. If they do so it is likely that the store will close. It is our position that every Associate can speak for him/herself without having to pay his/her hard earned money to a union in order to be listed to and have issues resolved.”
d. “Union contracts have provisions that allow employers to lay-off workers. Lay-offs are typically be seniority. If employees vote to be represented by a union, there will be layoffs, but in order of seniority.”
Correct answer is option c. “We are strongly opposed to labor unions. We are we are pro-Associate. We believe in maintaining an environment of open communication between all Associates. We respect the individual rights of our Associates and encourage everyone to express their ideas, suggestions, comments, or concerns. Because we believe in maintaining an environment of open communications through the use of the Open Door, employees should not vote for a union. If they do so it is likely that the store will close. It is our position that every Associate can speak for him/herself without having to pay his/her hard earned money to a union in order to be listed to and have issues resolved.”
The above statements could you make to your workers without risking an unfair labor practice.
4. You are the CEO of a private sector Hospital. The food service workers in the kitchen and the nurses that work for the hospital have both filed petitions with the NLRB to be represented by the American Nurses Association (ANA). The union has demanded that the employer begin to bargain with them. There are 100 food service workers, 300 nurses, and 400 other workers (clerical, cleaning, x-ray technicians, parking lot attendants, etc.). The union has authorization cards signed by 29 food service workers, 99 nurses, and 100 other workers. You are meeting with your labor attorney and trying to decide what legal challenges you will file with the NLRB. Which one of the following are you most likely to choose.
a. You will take the position that the nurses should be allowed to vote because the do not have enough people with signed authorization cards.
b. You will request that the food service workers, the nurses, and the other workers be placed in one bargaining unit for the election.
c. You will request that all workers in the hospital: nurses, food service workers, and others be placed in three separate bargaining units for the election.
d. You will reject the union’s demand because the union does not have enough cards signed to show that they represent a majority of the workers or enough to force an election.
Correct answer is option d. You will reject the union’s demand because the union does not have enough cards signed to show that they represent a majority of the workers or enough to force an election.
For majority they need at least 50% cards signed and for enough to force an election they need at least 30% workers to cards signed but here only 28.5% have signed the card.
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