True/False
A lockout amounts to a permanent closure of a plant to avoid
unionization
The National Labor Relations Act provides for injunctions
for forestalling strikes when they threaten the national health or safety
A successor employer cannot be held liable for the remedy of
an unfair practice committed by the old/previous employer
The Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Act (FSLMRA)
created the National Labor Relations Board (NLRD) to administer the act
If an employer or a class of employers believes that the
Occupational Safety and Health Act standard is inappropriate to its particular
situation, an exemption, or variance, may be sought
Multiple Choice
Requirement of union shop agreement is that, after being
hired by employer, employees should join union within:
A) Thirty
days
B) Forty
days
C) Forty
five days
D) Sixty days
Under the NLRB, unfair labor practice strikes are
A) Personal
activity
B) Protected
activity
C) Criminal
act
D) Not
acceptable
The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) provides for longer
notice periods when the collective bargaining involves the employee of a(n)
A) Educational
institution
B) Software
company
C) Health-care
institution
D) Law firm
As long as the parties bargain with an intention to find a
basis of agreement, the breakdown or deadlock of negotiations is not a
violation of the
A) Terms of
agreement
B) Duty to
bargain in good faith
C) NLRA
D) Employment
contract
Peaceful picketing is protected activity under the
A) Occupational
Safety and Health Act
B) American
Federation for Labor
C) U.S.
Constitution
D) National
Labor Relations Act
Which of the following is not a signification difference in
labor relations in private and public sector employers?
A) Limits of
constitutional provisions
B) Right to
strike
C) Sovereignty
D) Appointment
of bargaining unit
Congress has legislated a union members “bill of rights” to
guarantee that union internal procedures are fair and has prohibited certain
practices by unions that interfere with employees’ rights under the
A) Occupational
Health and Safety Act
B) National
Labor Relations Act
C) Sarbanes-Oxley
Act
D) Title VII
of the Civil Rights Act
Some union constitutions provide for review of complains of
alleged mistreatment of union members by the
A) Employers
B) Union
leaders
C) Individual
employee
D) Government
Consultation rights entitle the union to be informed of any
substantive change in employment conditions proposed by the
A) Secretary
of Labor
B) Senate
C) Employer
D) Court
The government attempted to reduce poverty and bring the
earnings to workers closer to the cost of living by regulating
A) Preferential
tax
B) Overtime
pay
C) Minimum
wages
D) Workers’
compensation
Suzy Smart works part-time in the Handi Mart convenience
store. The manager at Handi Mart
requires that each clerk arrive fifteen minutes prior to the start of the shift
so that the clerk going off duty can review the sales figures and cash status
with the replacement before leaving, but her extra fifteen minutes of working
time was never recorded. Under which act
can Suzy and her co-workers sue the store and the manager?
A) Fair Labor
Standards Act
B) The
Walsh-Healy Act
C) The
Occupational Safety and Health Act
D) The Equal
Pay Act
