QUESTION 1

1. Oshkosh Corporation is a large manufacturer of military vehicles used in Afghanistan. If Oshkosh Corporation workers went out on strike and the President believed that this strike presented a significant threat to the nation's safety, he could do all of the following except:
3. A.Seek a court-ordered injunction preventing the strike.
4. B.Impose a "cooling off" period to allow the parties time to reach a settlement.
5. C.Appoint a board of inquiry to investigate the labor dispute.
6. D.Discharge the strikers and replace them with new workers.

QUESTION 2

1. Which of the following is true regarding the bargaining process?
3. A.The NLRA does not compel either party to agree to a proposal or reach an agreement over contract terms.
4. B.The NLRA prohibits strikes over first contract negotiations.
5. C.The NLRA requires bargaining partners to reach an agreement within 90 days of the start of negotiations.
6. D.The NLRA requires bargaining partners to reach an agreement within 90 days of the election date.

QUESTION 3

1. After a lengthy negotiation involving a series of contract changes agreed to by management and the union, General Soft Drinks refused to make any further changes to the contract even though the union was ready to strike. The parties are:
3. A.Negotiating in bad faith.
5. B.Committing an unfair labor practice in violation of the NLRA.
6. C.Ready for final and binding arbitration.
7. D.At a bargaining impasse.

QUESTION 4

1. Bargaining power and the threat of a strike should affect the extent to which bargaining outcomes favor labor or management but not the occurrence or frequency of strikes.
3. True
4. False

QUESTION 5

1. In the midst of a contract dispute with Logan's Sports, the employees decide to picket outside Logan's main entrance. In addition, because Logan's is located in a shopping mall, the employees decide to picket at the main mall entrance. Both of these picketing actions are considered legal.
3. True
4. False

QUESTION 6

1. One possible disadvantage of mediation-arbitration as a method for third party dispute resolution is:
3. A.The mediator-arbitrator can have too much power because of the threat of what they'll do in arbitration.
4. B.The parties may withhold information during the mediation because they fear the mediator-arbitrator will use the information against them in the arbitration phase.
5. C.The mediator-arbitrator develops too much knowledge of the parties' concerns in the mediation phase and can no longer remain neutral in the arbitration phase.
6. D.The threat of arbitration makes successful mediation less likely to occur.

QUESTION 7

1. One explanation for the decline in strike activity in the U.S. is that, since employers are more likely to use strike replacements and the use of strike replacements has become more acceptable to the public, the potential cost of the strike to workers is greater than to employers.
3. True
4. False

QUESTION 8

1. Which of the following is not an interest dispute?
3. A.Whether employees should participate in management decision making.
4. B.Whether a particular employee has been properly disciplined.
5. C.Seniority based layoff systems.
6. D.Wage levels.

QUESTION 9

1. In the 1980s, black female workers at Delta Pride, a catfish processing plant in Mississippi, embarked on a union organizing drive. As part of this effort, the union was aggressive in publicizing wrongdoings by the employer, pressuring members of the board of directors to disassociate from the company, and sending postcards to over 100,000 Mississippi residents seeking their support for unionization. As a result of these tactics, the union won recognition. The tactics used in this organizing drive can best be described as:
3. A.A corporate campaign.
4. B.A sympathy strike.
5. C.A boycott.
6. D.A work slowdown.

QUESTION 10

1. Workers at Coniff Enterprises recently went out on strike in protest over employer actions it claimed were in violation of the NLRA Section 8(a)(3). The strike lasted for a period of about 50 days before the NLRB ruled that the company was innocent of any wrongdoing. Coniff Enterprises hired temporary strike replacements to keep the business running. At the end of the strike, the striking workers were entitled to:
3. A.Immediate reinstatement to their jobs and back pay for the 50 day period.
4. B.Nothing.
5. C.The right to be hired first if any of the strike replacements decided to quit or were fired.
6. D.Immediate reinstatement to their jobs.

QUESTION 11

1. Which of the following could be considered a secondary boycott?
3. A.A union refuses to work on a job site where nonunion labor is also working.
4. B.A union encourages consumers not to purchase from Wal-Mart because it sells products that are produced by a company that they are currently striking.
5. C.A union encourages its members not to purchase from Wal-Mart because Wal-Mart uses nonunion labor.
6. D.A union encourages consumers not to purchase from Wal-Mart because Wal-Mart uses nonunion labor.

QUESTION 12

1. Preston Beverages is engaged in a labor dispute with its manufacturing employees. To show their support for the employees, Preston's drivers generate a campaign to boycott Preston's sodas and flavored waters. The drivers are engaged in a secondary boycott.
3. True
4. False

QUESTION 13

1. Legislation governing public sector employment relations generally prohibits public sector strikes for all of the following reasonsexcept:
3. A.Government services are too critical to be interrupted.
4. B.Public sector jobs tend to be high-paying jobs without unionization.
5. C.Public sector employee bargaining power is too high because their demands can too easily be passed onto the tax payer.
6. D.Striking against the government is an unacceptable threat to the supreme authority of the government.

QUESTION 14

1. The Mackay doctrine holds that employers can hire permanent strike replacements as well as temporary strike replacements in an economic strike.
3. True
4. False

QUESTION 15

1. It is sometimes the case that parties to a contract are unwilling to settle a contract because they don't want to take the blame for poor terms of the agreement. In these cases, the parties will often rely on the arbitration process to make the decisions for them. The term used to describe this problem is:
3. A.The ripple effect.
4. B.The chilling effect.
5. C.The narcotic effect.
6. D.The arbitration effect.