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125. Featherbedding, the illegal use of union funds for the personal benefit of union leaders, is outlawed by the Landrum-
Griffin Act.
a. True
b. False
126. The Landrum-Griffin Act provides for federal regulation of internal union affairs.
a. True
b. False
127. The financial status of unions is private information known only by union members.
a. True
b. False
128. Union fees and dues are set by majority vote of the union members.
a. True
b. False
129. The Landrum-Griffin Act includes a "bill of rights" for union members in dealing with employers.
a. True
b. False
130. The Supreme Court has held that the right of free speech applies to union members and leaders. They may not be
punished for speaking out in opposition to union policy.
a. True
b. False
131. The National Labor Relations Board is composed of ten members appointed by the Secretary of Labor.
a. True
b. False
132. The general counsel of the NLRB is responsible for over-seeing the investigation and prosecution of unfair labor
practice charges.
a. True
b. False
133. The NLRB has jurisdiction over all unionized employees and all government workers.
a. True
b. False
134. Most National Labor Relations Board cases concern unfair labor practices.
a. True
b. False
135. Over the years, charges filed with the NLRB against unions have outnumbered those filed against employers
almost two to one.
a. True
b. False
136. If a charge of unfair labor practice is not settled before a hearing takes place, then an administrative law judge will
preside over the hearing of the complaint.
a. True
b. False
137. Decisions of the National Labor Relations Board may be appealed to the NLRB's administrative law judge.
a. True
b. False
138. Because the NLRB is a politically sensitive government agency, appointments to the board tend to reflect partisan
politics.
a. True
b. False
139. After the National Labor Relations Board rules on an unfair labor practice case, appeals may be taken to the U.S.
Court of Appeals.
a. True
b. False
140. Appeals of decisions made by the National Labor Relations Board may not go beyond the U.S. Court of Appeals.
a. True
b. False
141. If an employer refuses to bargain with a union in good faith, the NLRB may impose a collective bargaining
agreement on the employer.
a. True
b. False
142. If the NLRB finds that an employer has engaged in an unfair labor practice, it can order the worker be provided
back pay or even be rehired if he was dismissed.
a. True
b. False
143. A major duty of the NLRB is to determine whether or not employees want to be represented by a union.
a. True
b. False
144. One of the first steps in the unionization process is for interested employees to contact a union for assistance.
a. True
b. False
145. One of the first steps in the unionization process is for interested employees to contact the NLRB for assistance.
a. True
b. False
146. For a union representation election to be called, 50 percent of the workers at a workplace must sign authorization
cards requesting the election.
a. True
b. False
147. Workers who sign authorization cards become represented by the union of their choice from that point forward.
a. True
b. False
148. A union bargaining unit may consist of all employees of a company.
a. True
b. False
149. For a union to represent workers at a workplace, two-thirds of the workers must vote for union representation.
a. True
b. False
150. The courts have ruled that union organizers must have access to both the property and the employees of a company
engaged in a unionization process.
a. True
b. False
151. If a union attempts to get workers to vote for the union, the employer may threaten to fire the workers if they join
the union⎯but only if the threat is carried out.
a. True
b. False
152. If at least 30 percent of workers vote to get rid of a union, the union is decertified.
a. True
b. False
153. A majority of workers can vote to decertify a union and end its representation role in their employment.
a. True
b. False
154. The law in China prohibits worker unionization as the state protects all workers.
a. True
b. False
155. An agency shop is a place of employment where a majority of the workers are represented by a union but the rest
of the workers refuse to be represented by the union.
a. True
b. False
156. Non-union workers in agency shops must pay fees to the union that represents all workers.
a. True
b. False
157. In Chicago Teachers Union, the Supreme Court held that unions must account to nonunion workers who pay
agency fees regarding the use of their fees.
a. True
b. False
158. In the Beck case, the Supreme Court held that non-union employees must pay all agency fees requested by the
union that engages in collective bargaining on their behalf.
a. True
b. False
159. The Supreme Court has held that unions do not have to account for the expenditures of agency fees paid by non-
union employees because it is impossible to separate the details of spending on various union functions.
a. True
b. False
160. When a state passes a right-to-work law it thereby outlaws union shops.
a. True
b. False
161. In right-to-work states if a majority of the workers vote to have union representation, dissenting workers may
refuse to pay the union for providing collective bargaining benefits.
a. True
b. False
162. In right-to-work states, only the workers who vote to be represented by a union are covered by the collective
bargaining agreement between the employer and the union.
a. True
b. False
163. Collective bargaining refers to the process by which an employer and a union negotiate a contract for the terms and
conditions of employment for a given period of time.
a. True
b. False
164. The National Labor Relations Act requires employers and unions to deal in good faith in collective bargaining.
a. True
b. False
165. If workers vote to join a union, management has no choice legally but to determine wages, working hours and the
other conditions of employment with union bargainers.
a. True
b. False
166. The NLRB requires unions and employers to bargain in good faith with respect to mandatory subjects.
a. True
b. False
167. Among the "mandatory subjects" of collective bargaining is the length of lunch breaks.
a. True
b. False
168. Among the "mandatory subjects" of collective bargaining is the structure of merit pay increases.
a. True
b. False
169. Drug testing programs are not subject to collective bargaining since that is a matter of federal and state policy.
a. True
b. False
170. The NLRA requires that all mandatory subjects of bargaining be discussed in every collective bargaining contracts.
a. True
b. False
171. Grievance arbitration clauses normally require disputes between unions and employers to be resolved by an external
grievance procedure.
a. True
b. False
172. Grievance arbitration clauses are in about 50% of all collective bargaining agreements.
a. True
b. False
173. In Teamsters Local Union No. 523 v. NLRB the appeals court agreed with the NLRB that an employee had
suffered improper discrimination by a union.
a. True
b. False
174. In Teamsters Local Union No. 523 v. NLBR the appeals court held that the NLRB may not interfere in union
control of worker seniority and other assignments.
a. True
b. False
175. In Teamsters Local Union No. 523 v. NLRB the appeals court held that a union had improperly demanded
"excessive" wage increases from an employer.
a. True
b. False
176. The National Labor Relations Act states that only union members may engage in concerted activities.
a. True
b. False
177. A union is on strike against a bakery. To pressure the bakery, the union pickets other businesses in town to tell their
customers not to patronize these merchants until the strike is over. Such pickets are illegal.
a. True
b. False
178. Primary boycotts are generally illegal under the NLRA.
a. True
b. False
179. Secondary boycotts are generally illegal under the NLRA.
a. True
b. False
180. Lockouts by management are legal if the employer does not show evidence of bad intent.
a. True
b. False
181. A lockout prevents employees from returning to work until a labor dispute is settled; it is always an unfair labor
practice.
a. True
b. False
182. During a strike after a collective bargaining agreement has expired, an employer is permitted to hire new workers
to work in place of the striking workers.
a. True
b. False
183. During a strike after a collective bargaining agreement has expired, an employer is permitted to hire new workers
to work in place of the striking workers, but must fire the non-union workers after the strike ends.
a. True
b. False
