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Labor Unions and Collective Bargaining 2
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Labor Unions and Collective Bargaining 2
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1. When preparing for negotiations, the union relies on the union steward to provide information about members' attitudes.
2. If enacted, the Employee Free Choice Act would mandate binding interest arbitration if a firm and a union are unable to reach an agreement on a first contract after 120 days of good faith bargaining.
3. In the 10 states without right-to-work laws, it is legal for an employer to agree with the union that a new employee must join the union after a certain period of time or be terminated.
4. Most right-to-work states are located in the North and East.
5. A bargaining unit consists of a group of union employees who have been recognized by an employer as appropriate representatives to participate in the arbitration of a labor agreement.
6. In a two-tier wage system, young employees receive less pay and benefits than older employees.
7. The authorization card is a document indicating that an employee wants to be represented by a labor organization in collective bargaining.
8. Evidence of interest in becoming a bargaining unit is expressed when at least 10 percent of the employees in a workgroup sign an authorization card.
9. A union shop is an arrangement whereby union membership is a prerequisite for employment.
10. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is the largest and fastest growing national union in North America.
11. A craft union generally consists of all the workers in a particular plant or group of plants.
12. Public awareness campaigns by labor unions are increasingly being used in lieu of strikes.
13. Union salting is the process of unions inundating communities with organizers to boycott a particular business.
14. A craft union is typically composed of members of a particular trade or skill in a specific locality who go through apprenticeship-training programs.
15. Under the checkoff of dues provision, the company agrees to withhold union dues from members' paychecks and to forward the money directly to the union.
16. The Change to Win Coalition broke away from the AFL-CIO and serves as a rival organization.
17. Job security and fair compensation are common reasons that individuals join unions.
18. Project labor agreements require open-market wages and benefits for project employees.
19. The basic element in the structure of the American labor movement is the national union.
20. A lockout is an effective union strategy, especially when a business has low inventory.
21. HR managers typically play important roles in daily administration of a labor contract by resolving grievances and providing advice on disciplinary issues.
22. An agency shop arrangement requires that all employees become members of the union after a specified period of employment.
23. Craft unions are local unions, while industrial unions are national unions.
24. Right-to-work laws prohibit management and unions from entering into agreements requiring union membership as a condition of employment.
25. Local unions are not affiliated with national unions; each works independently of the other.