Collective Bargaining Practice Questions
Course Introduction
Collective Bargaining explores the processes and dynamics involved in negotiations between employers and employee representatives, typically labor unions. The course examines the historical development, legal framework, and practical strategies of collective bargaining in various sectors. Students learn about contract negotiation, dispute resolution, labor-management relations, and the economic and social impacts of collective agreements. Through case studies and simulations, participants gain practical skills in negotiation and an understanding of the challenges and opportunities faced by both management and workers in reaching fair and effective labor agreements.
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Labor Relations Striking a Balance 5th Edition by
John W. Budd
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Chapter 1: Contemporary Labor Relations: Objectives, Practices, and Challenges
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Q1) Since 1935, U.S. labor law has proved to be very adaptable to changes in the business climate including the decline of mass manufacturing, blurring distinctions between management and nonmanagement jobs, and globalization.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Workers are more likely to experience unionism when they are young than when they are older.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Neoliberal market ideology places the needs and rights of workers before efficiency and profits.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) _____________________ is a measure of the percentage of workers who are union members.
Answer: Union density
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Chapter 2: Labor Unions: Good or Bad
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Q1) According to the human resources school, unequal bargaining power is the primary cause of the labor problem.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) The pluralist view of conflict in the workplace says that there are no shared interests between employers and employees in the employment relationship.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) According to the mainstream economics school of thought, market competition results in wages equal to:
A) workers' marginal productivity (i.e., the value of their work).
B) product revenues.
C) the value of a product.
D) the price of a product.
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Historical Development
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Q1) The Knights of Labor was a broadly inclusive union that emphasized the solidarity of all ______________________.
Answer: producers
Q2) Explain how employers exploited American values of independence, liberty and freedom to fight unions in the early 1900s.
Answer: During the early 1900s, American employers initiated a large public campaign for the "open shop." An open shop was one in which employers selected only nonunion workers for employment. Employers ran ads and distributed materials publicly that depicted unions as organizations that violated individual rights to choose where to work and on what terms. They emphasized concepts of individualism, independence, and individual freedom while portraying the collective power of unions as contrary to these values. However, at the same time employers were criticizing collective action by workers as contrary to the values of the country, they themselves were forming powerful alliances so they could act collectively to finance and coordinate the open shop campaign.
Q3) A concerted drive to create and maintain union-free workplaces by stressing the importance of individual freedom was known as the _________________________ movement.
Answer: open shop
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Chapter 4: Labor Law
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Q1) After a successful union organizing attempt at a manufacturing plant in Tennesse, the owners refuse to bargain an initial contract with the union, arguing the state's right-to-work law allows them to "refuse" union representation. The employer's interpretation of the law is correct.
A)True
B)False
Q2) It is legal for a union and management to negotiate a contract that requires the employer to hire only union workers.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Explain the concept of a secondary boycott and discuss why it was made illegal under the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947.
Q4) Which statement best describes the significance of the 1842 court case, Commonwealth vs. Hunt?
A) It legitimized the injunction.
B) It established the conspiracy doctrine.
C) It stated that neither the ends of labor unions nor the means to achieve those ends were legal.
D) It declared that unions were not necessarily unlawful conspiracies.
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Chapter 5: Labor and Management: Strategies, Structures, and Constraints
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Q1) Within the model of general unionism, there is constant tension between:
A) The benefit of having more members and the difficulty of representing their diverse interests.
B) The benefit of having more union leaders and difficulty of managing their different perspectives.
C) The goals of leaders of smaller unions and those of larger unions.
D) The goals of union members from smaller unions and those from larger unions.
Q2) Financialization refers to:
A) the increased focus of corporations on deriving profits through financial transactions rather than through the delivery of goods and services.
B) the increased focus of unions on deriving revenues through increasing membership and union dues.
C) the declining importance of financial markets in determining labor relations outcomes.
D) the increased tendency of management to evaluate labor relations based upon financial outcomes, rather than a humanistic outcomes.
Q3) In what ways has the servicing model of representation sought to represent the interests of its members?
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Chapter 6: Union Organizing
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Q1) The legal interpretation of the supervisory exclusions to the NLRA was recently addressed in three cases involving nurses known collectively as the
cases.
Q2) The NRLB requires employers to give the union a list of the names, addresses, and available personal email addresses of the employees who are eligible to vote in a union election within two days of setting the election date.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Under the NLRA, an employer has the right to enforce no solicitation policies on a case by case basis, at their own discretion. Therefore, it is their right to regularly allow employees to sell Girl Scout cookies or similar items while prohibiting a union from distributing informational literature.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discriminatory enforcement of no solicitation policies is considered illegal interference under the NLRA.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Bargaining
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Q1) Mainstream industrial relations views the employment relationship as one where the parties have a mixture of conflicting interests as well as common goals.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The process of producing a legally binding, written contract that specifies wages, benefits, layoff policies, grievance procedures, etc. is called:
A) Authorization campaigning
B) Attitudinal structuring
C) Direct dealing
D) Collective bargaining
Q3) The bargaining environment is defined as:
A) The diverse set of external influences on labor and management as they bargain a contract
B) The degree of bargaining power the parties have in negotiations
C) The ability of the parties to establish their BATNA's (or MLATNA's)
D) The environmental impact of any final contract terms
Q4) When parties try to generate as many ideas as they can, without worrying or arguing about which is best, they are engaging in
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Chapter 8: Impasses, Strikes, and Dispute Resolution
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Q1) A ________________________________ occurs when employees encourage customers to stop doing business with the company they work for as a way to pressure the company to concede to union demands.
Q2) Compulsory arbitration is generally effective in discouraging strikes.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is not a key difference between permanent and temporary strike replacements?
A) Permanent strike replacements are allowed in economic strikes but not in unfair labor practice strikes.
B) After the contract is settled, permanent strike replacements are allowed to keep their jobs while temporary strike replacements must be let go to make room for returning striking employees.
C) Temporary strike replacements do not become union members after a contract is settled while permanent strike replacements will have to become union members.
D) Permanent strike replacements must receive all of the benefits of the union contract during the dispute while temporary strike replacements cannot.
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Chapter 9: Contract Clauses and Their Administration
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Q1) In applying the 7 tests of just cause, a manager should ensure that any disciplinary investigation is fair and _____________________.
Q2) When a union violates a union contract, the employer can seek relief by:
A) Requesting an injunction against the union
B) Suing the union for contract violation
C) Filing a grievance against the union
D) Filing an unfair labor practice charge with the NLRB
Q3) Given the current criticisms against detailed, legalistic employment contracts between union members and their employers, how did these contracts develop and why have they persisted for so many years? Begin your response by describing the features of a typical union contract.
Q4) If management wants to retain the right to make unilateral decisions about various aspects of the workplace such as work assignments or the ability to introduce new technology, they are required to state this in the contract.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What are "Beck" rights, where do they stem from, and in what way are they related to agency shop agreements?
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Chapter 10: Flexibility, Empowerment, and Partnership
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Q1) _______________________________ is an example of a continuous process improvement strategy in which statistical methods to measure defects guide efforts at constantly improving the quality of manufactured products and customer service.
Q2) At the Saturn plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee, the role of the union was envisioned as:
A) Largely restricted to interpreting the union contract
B) A full participant in business decision-making
C) Management's "puppet"
D) Challenger of management's authority
Q3) Which of the following is not a valid concern about nonunion committees?
A) Employers might appoint only "loyal" employees to the committee, rather than appointing representative employees.
B) Employees might become over-empowered.
C) Managers might limit the agenda to only cover noncontroversial issues.
D) Employees may not be allowed to express concerns about those in authority.
Q4) Describe the four types of flexibility that are emphasized by businesses today. What are the employee concerns associated with each type of flexibility?
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Chapter 11: Globalization and Financialization
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Q1) Which of the following is not typically found in a company codes of conduct?
A) Statement of commitment to fair business practices and respect for relevant laws
B) Statement of commitment to labor and environmental standards
C) Statement of corporate citizenship and ethics
D) Statement of accountability and enforcement practices
Q2) The _______________________________ is a free trade area that includes free capital and labor mobility as well as common monetary and fiscal policies for member countries in Europe.
Q3) The North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation specifies minimum standards for the treatment of labor by all NAFTA countries and outlines penalties for failure to comply with those standards.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Briefly define the four dimension of globalization.
Q5) International investment portfolios create cross-border flows of investment securities like stocks and bonds.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Comparative Labor Relations
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Q1) Strikes during the life of a contract are illegal in Germany.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is not provided for in Mexico's constitution?
A) Right of unions to organize and bargain collectively
B) Minimum wage and overtime pay
C) Pregnancy and childbirth leave
D) Majority representation requirements
Q3) The U.S. labor relations concepts of exclusive representation and majority support for union representation are concepts that have been adopted by many other countries outside the U.S.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The most influential union federation in Mexico is called the Confederation de Trabajadores Mexico or the Confederation of Mexican Workers.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The traditional goal of the Swedish labor movement was a _________________________ that addressed equal pay for equal work across companies.
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Chapter 13: What Should Labor Relations Do
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Q1) It is essential for the NLRA to be modified to allow employees who support a union but do not constitute a majority to be represented by a union.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Under current U.S. labor law, employers are required to give unions access to employees that matches their own.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Stakeholder theory asserts that while there are other stakeholders in business, the most important is still the shareholder and their needs should take precedence of the needs of other stakeholders.
A)True
B)False
Q4) When a company needs to implement a new employee wellness program, HR's role is most likely one of navigator.
A)True
B)False
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