(Module 8) Union-Management Relations

Question 1

Any labor organization, federation or local union may file an application for registration with the __________.

Answer 1

Bureau of Labor Relations or the DOLE Regional Office

Question 2

The application for registration of a local union shall be signed by at least ________ of the employees in the appropriate bargaining unit which the applicant union seeks to represent.

Answer 2

Twenty percent

Question 3

It is to negotiate the terms and conditions of employment through chose representatives.

Answer 3

Bargaining

Question 4

He/She are designated by a majority of the workers in a bargaining unit to represent the group in collective bargaining.

Answer 4

Bargaining Agent

Question 5

It refers to the contract entered by the employer and the workers’ sole and exclusive bargaining agent on the wages, hours of work and all other terms and conditions of employment including proposals for adjusting any grievances or questions arising under such agreement and executing a contract incorporating such agreements of requested by either party.

Answer 5

Collective Bargaining Agreement

Question 6

It is to assist employees and compel employers to comply with the rules in conducting workplace investigations.

Answer 6

Administrative and Grievance Handling

Question 7

Employer that does not require workers to join or pay dues to a union.

Answer 7

Open Shop

Question 8

Employer that requires individuals to join a union before they can be hired.

Answer 8

Closed Shop

Question 9

Workers must join the union, usually 30 to 60 days after being hired.

Answer 9

Union Shop

Question 10

Workers who don’t join the union must take payments equal to union dues and fees to get union representation services.

Answer 10

Agency Shop

Question 11

Workers must remain members of the union for the period of the labor contract.

Answer 11

Maintenance-of-membership Shop

Question 12

Unions hire and pay people to apply for jobs at certain companies to begin organizing efforts.

Answer 12

Salting

Question 13

It is the process whereby a union is removed as the representative of a group of employees.

This can occur through an election, which requires at least ______ of employees to sign authorization cards.

Answer 13

Decertification, 30%

Question 14

A process whereby representatives of management and workers negotiate over wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment.

Answer 14

Contract Negotiation or Collective Bargaining

Question 15

Rights reserved so that the employer can manage, direct, and control its business.

Answer 15

Management Rights

Question 16

Contract clauses to help the union obtain and retain members and collect union dues.

May require union membership of all employees, subject to state right-to-work laws.

Answer 16

Union Security Provisions

Question 17

Provides for the automatic deduction of union dues from the payroll checks of union members.

Answer 17

Dues Checkoff Clause

Question 18

Negotiation topics and collective bargaining issues identified specifically by labor laws or court decisions as subject to bargaining.

Answer 18

Mandatory Issues

Question 19

Collective bargaining issues that are not required but might relate to certain jobs or practices.

Answer 19

Permissive Issues

Question 20

Collective bargaining issues that would require either party to take illegal action.

Answer 20

Illegal Issues

Question 21

The process by which union members vote to accept the terms of a negotiated labor agreement.

Answer 21

Ratification

Question 22

The process by which a third party facilitates the dialogue between union and management negotiators to reach a voluntary settlement.

Answer 22

Conciliation

Question 23

The process by which a third party suggests ideas to help the negotiators reach a settlement.

Answer 23

Mediation

Question 24

The process that uses a neutral third party to make a decision.

Answer 24

Arbitration

Question 25

Management shuts down company operations to prevent union members from working.

Answer 25

Lockout

Question 26

Union members refuse to work in order to put pressure on an employer.

Answer 26

Strike

Question 27

Parties fail to reach an agreement during collective bargaining.

Answer 27

Economic Strikes

Question 28

Union members leave their jobs over what they feel are illegal employer actions.

Answer 28

Unfair Labor Practices Strikes

Question 29

It occur during the life of the collective bargaining agreement without approval of union leadership and violate a no-strike clause in a labor contract. Strikers can be discharged or disciplined.

Answer 29

Wildcat Strikes

Question 30

Members of one union walk out to force the employer to assign work to them instead of to members of another union.

Answer 30

Jurisdictional Strikes

Question 31

One union chooses to express support for another union involved in a dispute, even though the first union has no disagreement with the employer.

Answer 31

Sympathy Strikes

Question 32

It occur when unions have been able to obtain information and share that information with their members to work constructively with company management at various levels.

Answer 32

Successful Organizational Restructurings