21. In today’s workplace, cooperative relationships between organizations and unions are the exception rather than the rule.
22. Union membership is declining in the U.S. but is increasing throughout the rest of the world.
23. In order to petition the National Labor Relations Board to hold an election, union organizers must have signatures from at least 50 percent of eligible workers.
24. The determination of an appropriate bargaining unit is rarely a source of contention between management and the union.
25. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) conducts the union certification vote.
26. After a certification election, the union is certified if the NLRB determines that at least 50 percent of employees in the bargaining unit voted in favor of the union.
27. Employees are most likely to support unionizing when they feel that the actions of management leave them powerless.
28. A union that has obtained signatures of support from 50 percent of eligible workers can directly ask an organization to recognize its right to bargain for employees.
29. Wages are one of the mandatory bargaining topics, which means that management and the union must discuss wages as a part of a collective bargaining agreement.
30. Strikes mostly impose hardships on a company when an employer closes the workplace or otherwise prevents union members from working.