1. Question : The attitude of Samuel Gompers toward national union autonomy was
slightly negative.
strongly negative.
slightly positive.
strongly positive.
2. Question : As a percentage of their budgets in recent decades most AFL-CIO member unions have spent on organizing
3. Question : Most members of the National Education Association
are not interested in collective bargaining.
are now covered by collective bargaining agreements.
engage in featherbedding.
support right-to-work laws.
1. Question : By 2005, air traffic controllers were earning on the average about $165,000
True
False
2. Question : In 1970, an unprecedented federal sector eight-day strike was carried on by the employees of the
Justice Department.
State Department.
Postal Service.
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
3. Question : In 1979,
there was an all-time record number of public-employee strikes.
Jimmy Hoffa was apparently murdered.
major league baseball players became unionized.
None of the above.
1. Question : Which of the following is not a responsibility or personal quality needed in an arbitrator?
prior knowledge of the grievance issue
freedom from any bias
well-rounded understanding of labor relations
awareness of the principles of arbitration.
2. Question : In Canada, where card checks are widely used, union membership is
20 percent of the work force.
32 percent of the work force.
almost 50 percent of the work force.
almost 60 percent of the work force.
3. Question : Which of the following constitutes an unfair employer practice?
during a representation election campaign, telling employees that, in the employer’s opinion, unions are dangerous to the economy and immoral
playing upon racial prejudices of the workers
refusing to grant equal time to union representatives at a captive-audience meeting
holding a captive-audience meeting less than 24 hours before a scheduled election
1. Question : When past practice and clear-cut contractual language conflict
past practice supersedes language.
language supersedes past practice.
the merits of the case become paramount.
a compromise is desirable.
2. Question : When an employer promises to raise the wages of a worker if he/she will agree not to join a union, the action is considered to be
a legal bargaining tool.
a criminal act.
in contempt of the NLRB.
an unfair labor practice.
3. Question : The grievance procedure
is a last-ditch effort to avoid a strike or lockout.
rarely succeeds in settling a grievance.
is often used to block union or employer demands.
provides the mechanism that settles a vast majority of grievances.
1. Question : In addition to being orderly and efficient, the grievance procedure can be regarded as a means for
producing labor/management conflict.
defeating one side or the other.
obtaining a better climate for labor relations.
establishing a collective bargaining agreement.
2. Question : Grievance mediation differs from arbitration in that
grievance mediation does not use the services of an arbitrator.
the results are not “final and binding.”
witnesses are not allowed to testify.
the labor agreement may be ignored if both parties agree.
3. Question : About 85 percent of the UAW’s spending goes to
strike funds.
public officials.
lobbying efforts.
staff members.
