MULTIPLE CHOICE
1.Which of the following approaches can help employers contain their HR-related costs?
a.Allowing multiple unions to exist.
b.Allowing only local unions to exist.
c.Allowing only national unions to exist.
d.Allowing no unions to exist.
2.According to research, what is the typical effect of unionization on profitability?
a.Unionized firms are more profitable than nonunionized firms.
b.Unionized firms are less profitable than nonunionized firms.
c.Unionized firms are as profitable as nonunionized firms.
d.Unionization has no impact on profitability.
3.____ identify and negotiate plant issues in national collective bargaining agreements.
a.Local unions
b.Industrial unions
c.National unions
d.International unions
4.Which type of unions administer collective bargaining agreements or contracts?
a.National unions
b.Local unions
c.Industrial unions
d.International unions
5.____ represent workers throughout the country in a particular craft or in a specific industry.
a.Local unions
b.National unions
c.Company unions
d.Industrial unions
6.____ negotiate major labor contracts with large employers and organize new unions among unrepresented workers.
a.Local unions
b.Industrial unions
c.National unions
d.International unions
7.The ____ represents organized labor in political forums.
a.Democratic party
b.Republican party
c.AFL-CIO
d.NLRB
8.The AFL-CIO has no power to interfere in union decisions in all but which of the following cases?
a.Union decisions about striking.
b.Union decisions about bargaining.
c.Union disputes with other unions.
d.Union disputes about assessing dues.
9.Company unions that bear a superficial resemblance to unions in the sense that workforce representatives met with management to discuss working conditions were outlawed by the:
a.Norris-LaGuardia Act
b.Wagner Act
c.Taft-Hartley Act
d.Landrum-Griffin Act
10.In the 19th century, the American judiciary had established a reputation as a(n):
a.impartial arbiter of disputes.
b.strong ally of American unions.
c.strong ally of American workers.
d.strong ally of American business.