This is an HRM quiz on the Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining! Employees have been known to join trade unions and labor unions so that they can increase their bargaining power at their place of work and get to be defended when it comes to some labor related issues. As an HRM you should understand these powers perfectly. Take the quiz and refresh your understanding!
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Negotiates contracts with unions
Pays above the minimum wage
Offers employees health benefits
Refuses to accept union contracts
Legislation provides workers with protections that were once exclusive to unions.
Union members earn less on average compared to non-union members.
Union membership is too expensive for most blue-collar workers.
Foreign-owned manufacturers will not hire union members.
Union members work in both blue-collar and white-collar industries.
Insurance plan benefits are better for union workers than for nonunion workers
Union workers receive more holidays and unpaid leave than nonunion workers do.
Employers prefer nonunion workers, so they pay them higher wages than union members
A company can hire nonunion people if they agree to join the union.
Union members receive higher wages than nonunion employees.
Union members receive preferential treatment in hiring.
A company can hire only union members.
Closed shop
Union shop
Agency shop
Preferential shop
Agency shop
Closed shop
Union shop
Maintenance of membership
Maintenance of membership
Closed shop
Union shop
Agency shop
Closed shop
Union shop
Agency shop
Open shop
Union shop
Agency shop
Open shop
Maintenance of agreement
A company can hire nonunion people, but they must then join the union.
Union members must maintain membership for the contract period.
Employees who do not belong to the union must still pay dues
A company gives hiring advantages to union members.
Until the union disbands
Until negotiations are over
For the contract period
For at least one year
Termination at will
Right to work
Open shop
Free labor
Banning any form of union security
Making union membership a requirement
Leaving the question of union affiliation up to each company
Leaving the question of union security up to each company
Recruitment
Selection
Dismissal
Appraisals
Voluntary federation of national and international labor unions
Local union for automobile workers in Detroit, Michigan
Federation of firms that fight unionization in their plants
Regional branch of the National Labor Relations Board
As a condition of employment, an employee agrees not to picket
Employers agree to give union members preference in hiring.
As a condition of employment, an employee agrees to not join a union.
Employers agree to abide by the guidelines of the local labor unions.
Spying on workers
Firing union agitators
Requiring yellow dog contracts
Engaging in collective bargaining
National Labor Relations Act
Norris-LaGuardia Act
Davis-Bacon Act
Taft-Hartley Act
Landrum-Griffin Act
Norris-LaGuardia Act
Taft-Hartley Act
Wagner Act
Labor Management Relations Board
National Labor Relations Board
Knights of Labor
AFL-CIO
Taft-Hartley Act
New Deal Act
Wagner Act
Landrum-Griffin Act
Guaranteeing each employee the right to bargain collectively free from interference and coercion
Banning unions from preventing employees from exercising their guaranteed bargaining rights
Allowing secret-ballot elections for determining whether a firm's employees would unionize
Making it illegal for a union to refuse to bargain in good faith with the employer
Establishing branches in right-to-work states
Negotiating contracts on behalf of local unions
Investigating unfair labor practice charges
Overseeing the establishment of local unions
Bribing employees
Using company spy systems
Requiring yellow dog contracts
Moving businesses to avoid unionization