Labor Law
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Course Introduction
Labor Law is a comprehensive course that examines the legal framework governing the relationship between employers, employees, and labor organizations. It explores key concepts such as employment contracts, collective bargaining, workers rights, workplace discrimination, unfair labor practices, and dispute resolution mechanisms. The course analyzes both national statutes and international labor standards, considering the roles of courts, administrative agencies, and labor unions in enforcing and shaping labor law. Students will develop an understanding of how legal principles are applied to protect workers rights while balancing the interests of employers and the broader economic context.
Recommended Textbook Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining 9th Edition by Michael
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Chapter 1: The American Labor Movement
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Q1) The Federal Labor Relation Authority mandates the use of binding arbitration to resolve employee grievances.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) In the Cordwainers Case, the employees' action was found to be illegal because:
A) They used illegal means.
B) They sought illegal ends.
C) They combined together.
D) No federal law gave them rights.
Answer: C
Q3) Public employees do not have the same right to strike as the Wagner Act gives private employees.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) Under the Landrum-Griffin Acts' Bill of Rights, members can sue their employers.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: The Changing Workplace
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Q1) The national American Federation of Labor (AFL) supported the admission of women and African Americans as full voting members of the union as early as _____.
A) 1980
B) 1964
C) 1945
D) 1926
Answer: D
Q2) The "Principles of Scientific Management" did not include:
A) Fractionalization of work.
B) "One Best Way" theory.
C) Dividing the workplace.
D) Separating the managers from the workers.
Answer: D
Q3) Working in teams cause enhanced productivity in all these areas except _____.
A) Containment
B) Decision-making
C) Problem-solving
D) Creativity
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Establishing a Bargaining Process
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Q1) In April 2005, teaching assistants at Columbia and Yale Universities staged an "______" to show the New England schools that they stand together seeking higher pay, childcare, and medical benefits.
A) Closed shop
B) Outlaw shop
C) Union shop
D) Solidarity action
Answer: D
Q2) The honesty and fairness of a secret ballot representation election is the responsibility of the U.S. Supreme Court.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) A stipulated unit may not violate principles in the NLRA or established board policy.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Organizational Campaigns
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Q1) Which of the following is an independent government agency charged with administering federal labor-management relations programs?
A) FLRA
B) NLRB
C) CALO
D) FORE
Q2) An action by employees for the legitimate furtherance of their common interests pursued on behalf of, or with other employees, and not solely on behalf of a particular employee is known as:
A) A secondary boycott.
B) Dominance.
C) Concerted activity.
D) Employer discrimination.
Q3) The majority of unfair labor practice cases filed with the NLRB are concerned with:
A) Discrimination against union employees.
B) Domination of a union.
C) Election interference.
D) Threats of loss of benefits.
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Chapter 5: The Negotiation Process
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Q1) An ultimate test of strength in the negotiation process is:
A) The company's profits and union size.
B) The union's ability to strike and the company's ability to withstand a strike.
C) The union's national affiliate and the company's home office.
D) Also known as the mark of crisis.
Q2) The outcome of the PATCO strike of 1981 was:
A) Almost all workers were eventually rehired.
B) All striking workers were fired, but most were rehired.
C) All striking workers lost several weeks pay and seniority.
D) No striking workers were rehired during Republican presidencies.
Q3) Mandatory bargaining items include:
A) Christmas bonuses.
B) Café prices.
C) Preferential hiring.
D) Hot Cargo Clause.
Q4) The primary reason for prohibiting public employee strikes is that the services provided by employees are essential to the general welfare.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Collective Bargaining: Strategies and Tactics
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Q1) If mediation is agreed to by both parties in the case of an impasse, the mediator is chosen by the company.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The initial working sessions of collective bargaining are no more than monologues in which both parties present their list of demands and provide data and arguments to support their positions.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In a negotiation situation, the parties may be involved in a pure "exchange" relationship, such as a onetime car purchase, in which there was no prior purchase and no future one expected.
A)True
B)False
Q4) IBB generally required the existence of several issues to be negotiated. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Compensation Issues
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Q1) Which of the following is true of the "ability to pay" negotiation theory:
A) Is commonly expressed during wage negotiations.
B) Management will argue that capital investment should receive a share of higher profits.
C) Union negotiations will expect to maintain pay levels not decrease them, when profits are down.
D) Past profit levels may not be maintained in the future-to pay higher negotiated wages.
Q2) A pay incentive system in which employees receive a share of the employer's profits in addition to their regular wages is called _____.
A) Benchmark
B) Seniority rights
C) Union security
D) Profit sharing
Q3) The primary problem with productivity theory is that there is no commonly accepted method of determining labor's share of increases in productivity.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Employee Benefits
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Q1) The Pension Reform Act is also known as the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
A)True
B)False
Q2) According to the 2005 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, _______% of U.S. workers have unpaid leave.
A) 90
B) 61
C) 87
D) 55
Q3) When facilities operate three eight-hour shifts, usually all three will be paid the standard shift differential.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The cost of the U.S. Social Security system is borne equally by employees and employers, who both contribute to the system.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Seniority Rights
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Q1) Typically, the only exceptions to the use of seniority as the total or partial determinant in ____________ decisions occur when probationary employees are laid off to perform, or in superseniority cases when union officials are laid off last.
A) Worker adjustment and layoff
B) Layoff and recall
C) Shared work and recall
D) Subcontracting and worker adjustment
Q2) Seniority is defined as a set of rules governing the allocation of economic benefits and employment opportunities on the basis of employee service with one employer.
A)True
B)False
Q3) An employee would most likely lose seniority:
A) If he/she quits.
B) After a three-week vacation.
C) After jury duty.
D) After an approved leave of absence.
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Chapter 10: Contract Implementation
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Q1) This contract clause protects the rest of the contract should one section come into conflict with state or federal law.
A) Bargain
B) Opener
C) Separability
D) Zipper
Q2) Arbitrators are not bound by other employers' practices.
A)True
B)False
Q3) An individual employee has a right to _________, which is fair treatment by the employer in any action taken against an employee.
A) Zipper due process
B) Procedural due process
C) Opener clause process
D) Substantive due process
Q4) The NLRB may invalidate a specific clause in a labor agreement.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Grievance and Disciplinary Procedures
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Q1) The Labor Management Relations Act prohibits disciplinary action against employees for:
A) Union-related activity.
B) Absenteeism
C) Tardiness.
D) Insubordination.
Q2) In the day-to-day administration of a collective bargaining agreement, the majority of time is spent on grievance handling, not contract negotiations.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Why might unions encourage members to file grievances in a certain area even though they do not expect to win or pursue the cases?
A) They need practice in the grievance procedure.
B) The grievances provide supporting evidence of the members' concerns during future negotiations.
C) It helps keep management on its toes.
D) Arbitrators are impressed by the number of grievances in an area.
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Chapter 12: The Arbitration Process
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Q1) In general, if arbitrators recognize incompetence, this should not be treated the same as other disciplinary problems.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In the year 2004, there were _____ seniority transfer arbitration issues.
A) 15
B) 9
C) 21
D) 18
Q3) Often it is believed that in the absence of restrictive or specific contract provisions, management retains ______________.
A) Grievance rights
B) Employment rights
C) Seniority rights
D) Arbitrator rights
Q4) Both parties are always allowed to question the grievant during an arbitration hearing.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Comparative Global Industrial Relations
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Q1) Many developing countries have moved away from a free-market economy due to pressures from the IMF and World Bank.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Allied powers are responsible for fostering the labor movement in Japan.
A)True
B)False
Q3) China has never become subject to competitive market pressures due to their strict socialist beliefs.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The migration of labor into urban areas changed the labor market from one of _________ to one of _________.
A) contract; servitude
B) servitude; capital
C) capital; multinationalism
D) status; contract
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