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A(n) ________ occurs when management temporarily closes a business to deny employment to workers.


A) lockout
B) secondary boycott
C) involuntary strike
D) employment injunction

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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The American Federation of Labor (AFL) was initially intended to be a single craft union.

A) True
B) False

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The National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) gave employees the right to form and join labor organizations and the right to engage in activities such as strikes and boycotts.

A) True
B) False

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One of the things that labor is interested in is fairness.

A) True
B) False

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________ provided dynamic leadership for the American Federation of Labor during its early years.


A) Karl Marx
B) Kenneth Adams
C) George Meany
D) Samuel Gompers

E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

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Antonio is an assembly line worker for a major automobile manufacturer. When he was first hired for the job, he did not have any specific training or skill. Antonio joined a union with other assembly-line workers who perform a variety of jobs that do not require a highly specialized skill. Antonio belongs to a(n)


A) industrial union.
B) craft union.
C) assembly union.
D) traditional union.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Labor unions and management hope to resolve issues through collective bargaining. Each side comes to the table with a range of options they are willing to consider, some more appealing than others. All options that each will consider fall within the ________.


A) the LRB list of possibilities.
B) the cases of consideration.
C) the lands of indifference.
D) bargaining zone.

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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The "blue flu" refers to a situation in which union members (like police and firefighters) who are not allowed to strike refuse to work by calling in sick.

A) True
B) False

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A craft union is an organization of skilled specialists in a particular craft or trade.

A) True
B) False

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The ________ was established by the Wagner Act to oversee labor-management relations.


A) Federal Trade Commission
B) Commission on Labor Relations
C) National Labor Relations Board
D) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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Which of the following statements about the costs of elder care is most accurate?


A) It should be much less expensive for firms to provide elder care than for them to provide child care.
B) The financial burdens of elder care on the children of aging parents are likely to become less serious in the future than they are today because many senior citizens are now remaining employed into their 70s rather than retiring in their early 60s.
C) Although elder care is expensive, the good news is that companies can receive a great deal of assistance from the federal government when they establish qualified elder care programs.
D) The costs of elder care to companies will rise higher in coming years as an increasing number of more experienced and high-ranking employees face the need to care for aging parents and other relatives.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

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In an agency shop agreement, workers who do not belong to the union must pay a union fee or pay regular union dues.

A) True
B) False

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In the early years, there were power struggles among the larger national unions. Leaders recognized that there was power in numbers. After the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947,


A) the CIO defeated the AFL.
B) the "Change to Win" campaign emerged.
C) the AFL and CIO merged.
D) the unions collapsed for several years.

E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

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A union security clause in a labor-management agreement stipulates that employees who benefit from a union must either officially join or at least pay dues to the union.

A) True
B) False

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The Labor-Management Relations Act (Taft-Hartley Act) strengthened unions by giving them the right to engage in featherbedding and secondary boycotts.

A) True
B) False

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________ refers to unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other unsolicited conduct of a sexual nature.


A) Sexual harassment
B) Gender bias
C) Sexual opportunism
D) Sexual coercion

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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Which of the following statements about drug users is a claim made by the National Institute on Drug Abuse?


A) If you drink a lot of alcohol, you also abuse drugs.
B) Drug users typically cost their company more in health and workman's comp claims.
C) Drug users are (overall) friendlier people because they do not take much seriously, including their jobs.
D) There is a strong correlation between drug abuse and sexual harassment.

E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

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After gaining union representation, any workers with complaints regarding promotions, layoffs, and job assignments will file a(n) ________ with their shop steward.


A) grievance
B) arbitration request
C) injunction
D) yellow-dog contract

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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In the past, a variety of professionals have served as mediators. If a labor dispute were to break out between the management at an auto manufacturer and the local union that represents workers at the auto manufacturing plant, it would be highly unusual for a university professor who has studied labor relations to be asked to mediate. The disputing parties would save his time for something more serious like arbitration.

A) True
B) False

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Union representatives and the management at Bathtub Brewing Company's have reached an impasse. Going forward, the union is planning an organized strike and other tactics to put pressure on management where it will be most effective. Union supporters are being encouraged to avoid purchasing Bathtub Brewing's products. Now union leaders have contacted a variety of stores that stock Bathtub Brewing's beer telling them union members and other supporters will stop shopping at any store that continues to carry Bathtub Brewing's beer until the dispute is resolved in the union's favor. This tactic against stores that carry Bathtub Brewing Company is called a primary boycott.

A) True
B) False

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