Which of the following is true of local unions?
A.Administration of a contract largely takes place at the local union level.
B.They always play the most critical role in negotiating the terms of a collective
bargaining contract.
C.Typically, the local union’s president, vice president, and treasurer are the same as in the
national union.
D.Local unions are usually not involved in the negotiation for work rules in a collective
bargaining contract.
E.The participation of individual members in local unions is limited.
Answer:
The manager of a local grocery store places a short conveyor belt that allows customers to
place items on it prior to billing. This saves the cashier from the physical strain of bending
forward and reaching into carts to retrieve the items. This change is congruent with the
_____ approach to job design.
A. telecommuting
B. job enrichment
C. ergonomics