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Practice Questions – Labor and Employment Relations
NOTE: The answers to these questions are provided at the end of the page
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In a union setting the grievance procedure is a function of:
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Pattern bargaining

3
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Conflict resolution

2
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Recognition, negotiation, and administration
2
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Collection of authorization cards, elections, recognition

4
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A union shop is one where:
1
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Membership is optional, but dues are required

3
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Membership is required before the next contract negotiations

4
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Constructive discharge
2
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Conciliation

4
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Legal theory that makes employers liable for the abusive acts of employees if the employer knew or should have
known about the employees’ propensity for such conduct
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Age Discrimination Act
2
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Affirmative Action plans

4
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Money provided to temporarily assist employees who are laid off through no fault of their own:
1
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Medicare

3
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Unemployment compensation

7
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Workers who take a job in a bargaining unit do not need to join the union
2
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Workers must join the union before they will be considered for a job in a bargaining unit

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Workers who take a job in a bargaining unit must join the union within a certain period of time

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The employees must request temporary leave from the union
2
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The employees must inform union leaders of their dissatisfaction

4
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Which of the following legislation prohibits mandatory retirement based on age?
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Age Discrimination in Employment Act (1967)

3
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Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)

10
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1935
2
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1947

4
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The Labor Management Relations Act:
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mandates employers maintain records on employees, pay at minimum wage, and pay one and one-half for hours
worked over 40

3
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provides that employers may not terminate/discriminate against an employee for union involvement

12
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Executive Order 11246
2
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Age Discrimination in Employment Act

4
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A firm that requires employees who refuse to join the union to pay equivalent amounts equal to union dues and
fees for the union representative services is defined as:
1
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agency shop

3
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none of the above

14
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the Wagner Act
2
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the Landrum-Griffin Act

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all of the above

5
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Contract provisions to aid the union in obtaining and retaining members are referred to as:
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mandatory issues

3
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union security provisions

5
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All of the following are mandatory bargaining items, except
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Holidays
2
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Hot cargo clauses

4
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What is the largest labor union?
1
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(NEA)
2
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Teamsters (IBT)

4
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What labor law amended the NLRA and added unfair union labor practices?
1
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Taft-Hartley Act

3
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Wagner Act

19
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Closed Shop
2
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Open Shop

4
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The process by which a third party assists negotiators in their discussions and also suggests settlement
proposals is known as:
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Conciliation

3
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Ratification

21
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Sympathy Strike

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Empathy Strike

3
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Unfair Labor Practice Strike

22
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non-piracy agreement
2
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implied agreement

4
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A firm that requires individuals to join a union before they can be hired:
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Closed shop

3
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All of the above

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Landrum-Griffin Act
2
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Wagner Act

4
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A means by which disputes arising from different interpretations of a labor contract are settled by a third party:
1
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Grievance procedure

3
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A and B

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What are the three determinants?
1
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2
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3
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4
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”

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When a petition has been filed by an employee, an individual, a labor organization, or an employer
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When 30% or more eligible employees have sign authorization cards
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A and B
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When an employer signs a contract agreeing to a union election

28
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When the regional director schedules a hearing to resolve election disputes
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An order by the NLRB to cancel the election
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4
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What is the very first step in the union decertification process?
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2
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3
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election
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When the NLRB sends a notice requiring a decertification election
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Which of the following is an example of an employee who must join the union as a condition of employment?
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Agency shop

3
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Industrial shop

31
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Agency shop
2
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Closed shop

4
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Which of the following is an example of a union organizer working within the company that the union wants to
unionize?
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Indirect Pressure

3
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Salting

33
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50%
2
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75%

4
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The NLRB can waive an election based on all except:
1
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Employees’ signatures were obtained through threatening and coercing

3
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4
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35
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Security Guards
2
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Unskilled laborers

36
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Obtain employer recognition of the unit as a bargaining representative
2
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Promote employees acceptance of the union as their representative

4
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The collective bargaining agreement should guarantee specific rights to the employer except:
1
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Restrict the unions use of the company’s property for union meetings

3
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The employer can discipline employees for “just cause”

38
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Picketing
2
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Secondary boycotts

4
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In the face of a strike threat, management is most interested in:
1
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Providing security for the strikers

3
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Notifying the local press

40
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Secondary strike
2
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Lockout

4
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Mandatory topics of negotiation is established by:
1
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Unions

3
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NLRB

42
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Wildcat Strikes
2
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Discipline Procedures

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Closed Shop Agreements

43
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Airline Industry
2
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Heavy Manufacturing

4
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Principled negotiations is not based on:
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Focus on positions

3
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Insist on objective criteria

45
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The union requests information for non bargaining related purposes
2
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It would violate trade secrets of the employer

4
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A company that wants to change an existing collective bargaining agreement must notify the other party how
many days in advance prior to the expiration of the contract?
1
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60 days

3
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120 days

47
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The Shake-Out Step between top management and top union officials
2
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Third party determination

4
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Which of the following is least likely to be used in a nonunion environment?
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Alternative dispute resolution

3
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Peer reviews

49
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NLRB
2
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Justice Department

4
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Civil Service Reform Act
2
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Federal Labor Relations Act

4
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If an employee files a grievance who is the person that has first opportunity to solve the grievance?
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First Line Supervisor

3
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Union Shop Chairperson

ANSWERS:
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A
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C
5
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D
7
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D
9
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A
11
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D
13
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D
15
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C
17
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B
19
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C
21
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D
23
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B
25
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B
27
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C
29
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A
31
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D
33
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B
35
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C
37
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A
39
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D
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D
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C
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C
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D
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B

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