1. An employer must verify documents establishing a prospective worker’s
identity.
1. An independent contractor is not subject to the employment eligibility
verification requirements.
1. If an employee presents false documentation of eligibility to work in the
United States, his or her employer is subject to deportation.
1. Businesses can hire foreign workers with special qualifications when
there are not enough qualified workers available in the United States.
1. The government needs a subpoena or a warrant to inspect an
employer’s file of I-9 forms.
1. A company seeking to hire a noncitizen worker may do so if the
worker is “self–authorized.”
1. It is an unfair labor practice to refuse to bargain collectively with an
elected employee representative.
1. Federal labor law protects employers’ right to dominate labor unions.
1. A closed shop is a workplace that requires union membership as a
condition of employment.
1. A union shop is a workplace that requires union membership after a
worker has been on a job for specified amount of time.
1. Unions must report on their activities to their members.
1. Federal law governs unions’ internal business procedures.
1. Federal labor laws cover all workers.
1. An employer may limit the campaign activities of union supporters dur–
ing a union election campaign.
1. Forming a union requires the support from a majority of the employees
in an appropriate bargaining unit.
1. A union that has been certified as the representative of a group of
workers can later be decertified.
1. A secondary boycott is directed at a union.
1. A strike occurs when unionized workers leave their jobs and refuse to
work.
1. An employer has a right to hire permanent replacements during a
strike.
1. An employer can use a lockout in an attempt to “break” a union.
1. Garth’s family came to the United States from Scotland in 1640.
Hermann’s family came to this country from Germany in 1800. Ivy’s
family came from Ireland in 1870. The United States did not have any
laws restricting immigration until
a. the early nineteenth century.
b. the late nineteenth century.
c. the twentieth century.
d. the twenty-first century.
1. Fruits & Vegetables, Inc., employs hundreds of seasonal and permanent
workers, both skilled and unskilled, in seven states. Fruits & Vegetables
can hire illegal immigrants
a. if either the employer or the immigrants file special forms.
b. only if the employer files a special form.
c. only if the immigrants file special forms.
d. under no circumstances.
1. Precision Auto Parts, Inc., operates a machining plant near the border
between the United States and Canada. Due to the location, it would
be easy for Precision to employ noncitizens. It is legal for a U.S.
employer to
a. hire persons without verifying their identity.
b. recruit persons without verifying their legal employability.
c. refer for a fee persons not authorized to work in the United
States.
d. none of the choices.
1. Mineral Mining Corporation is a U.S. employer. Mineral, and other U.S.
employers, must perform I-9 verifications for new hires who work under
the employer’s direct supervision
a. excluding contractors and day workers.
b. excluding contractors but including day workers.
c. excluding day workers but including contractors.
d. including contractors and day workers.
1. Socrates Software Corporation wants to hire Tomas, a noncitizen of
“extraordinary ability.” To hire Tomas, Socrates must petition
a. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
b. the Social Security Administration.
c. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
d. the National Labor Relations Board.
1. General Assembly Corporation, a U.S. employer, may hire Hilo, a non–
citizen, if Hilo is
a. a lawful permanent resident of the United States.
b. an unlawful but hopefully permanent resident in the United
States.
c. an unlawful but only temporary resident in the United States.
d. any of the choices.
1. Doctors Hospital Corporation employs seven thousand workers in seven
locations. These employees have the right to
a. demand that Doctors Hospital Corporation be a closed shop.
b. make “hot–cargo” agreements.
c. organize.
d. refuse to bargain with Doctors Hospital Corporation.
1. During a dispute with Musicale Productions Inc., National Stagehands
Union asks the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for a ruling.
The NLRB rules against Musicale. The employer may appeal the
decision to
a. the appropriate state court.
b. the appropriate U.S. court of appeals.
c. the president of the United States, who has eighty days to make
a decision.
d. the U.S. Department of Labor.
1. Hiway Trucking Company believes that International Truckers Union
(ITU) has violated a federal labor law. The appropriate step is for
Hiway to
a. file an unfair labor practice complaint with the National Labor
Relations Board.
b. file a suit in the appropriate federal court.
c. lock out the ITU employees.
d. petition the president of the United States, who has eighty days
to make a decision.
1. Employees at Resource Industries, Inc., want to form into a single
union. To constitute an appropriate bargaining unit, a group of workers
must have
a. a mutuality of interest.
b. at least one member of management willing to join the union.
c. dissimilar levels of skills and qualifications.
d. geographical disparity.
1. During a union election campaign, Sapphire Blue Finance Company
prohibits on-site, work-hour solicitations by Credit Workers Union, which
is seeking the workers’ unionization, while permitting charities to solicit
the same workers on-site and during work hours. This violates
a. federal labor law.
b. federal election law.
c. federal solicitation law.
d. no federal law.
1. During a union election campaign at Retro Industry, Inc., the employer
can
a. ask employees to publicly state their personal views on
unionization.
b. promise to terminate the employees who vote for the union.
c. threaten to reduce the wages of employees who vote for the
union.
d. do none of the choices.
1. Communication Workers Union is certified as the bargaining represen–
tative for workers at Gulf Wi-Fi Company. Terms that result from bar–
gaining with Gulf apply to
a. all workers in the bargaining unit.
b. only current workers in the bargaining unit, not new or later hires.
c. only workers in the bargaining unit who agree to the terms.
d. only workers in the bargaining unit who chose to belong to the
union.
1. Finance Professionals Union represents the workers of Business &
Commerce Banking Corporation. The management of the firm refuses to
bargain with the union over the economic consequences to the
employees of management’s decision to shut down some facilities. This
most likely violates
a. federal labor law.
b. state right-to-work laws.
c. federal wage-and-hour laws.
d. no federal or state law.
1. Delite Dairy Products Company operates four plants. One plant is
unionized. Delite can close this plant if
a. another Delite plant unionizes.
b. Delite also closes a non-union facility.
c. Delite no longer wishes to deal with the union.
d. the plant’s equipment is outmoded.
1. After extensive collective bargaining, Rubber Workers Union and Super–
Valu Tire Company cannot agree on terms. The union may
a. call a strike.
b. file an unfair labor practice complaint with the National Labor
Relations Board.
c. file a suit in the appropriate federal court.
d. petition the president of the United States, who has eighty days
to make a decision.
1. Musicians & Performers Union represents the employees of Poignant
Legerdemain, Inc. During negotiations over conditions of employment,
each side rejects the other’s proposal without offering a
counterproposal. This indicates
a. bad faith.
b. good faith.
c. each party’s attempt to obtain concessions on other subjects.
d. reasonable efforts to come to an agreement.
1. After extensive collective bargaining, Union of Warehouse Workers
(UWW) and Volatile Products Company cannot agree on terms. Volatile
may
a. file an unfair labor practice complaint with the National Labor
Relations Board.
b. file a suit in the appropriate federal court.
c. lock out the UWW employees.
d. petition the president of the United States, who has eighty days
to make a decision.
1. Pip, a clerk for a Quik Burger, Inc., restaurant goes out on strike with
the other employees. After the strike, Pip must be given his job back if
there is still work at the restaurant, and the strike was
a. a lawful, unfair labor practice strike.
b. an “excuse” for a few days off.
c. an unjustified strike.
d. an unlawful “economic” strike.
1. Oil Workers Union (OWU) represents the employees of Petro Refinery,
Inc. (PRI). The union commits an unlawful labor practice if it
a. demands that PRI hire only OWU-affiliated workers.
b. does not demand that PRI hire only OWU-affiliated workers.
c. prohibits picketing activities without the employees’ majority
support.
d. refuses to participate with PRI in a secondary boycott.
1. Heck is president of Innovative Services, Inc. (ISI). Jasmin is ISI’s
office manager. Among the staff that Jasmin supervises are her
daughter and daughter-in–law. Jasmin’s relatives and a handful of other
employees designate the Office Workers International Union as their
bargaining representative. Jasmin is not involved. When Heck learns
that the office is unionizing, he decides to take steps to oppose the
union. What can Heck do to avoid the unionization of ISI’s employees?
Can Heck legally fire Jasmin for the actions of her relatives and
threaten the others with discharge?
1. Collective bargaining between Harbor Services Company and
International Shipyard Workers Union (ISWU) reaches an impasse.
ISWU calls a strike against Harbor Services to pressure it into making
concessions. The unionized workers leave their jobs and refuse to
work. The workers picket Harbor Services’s offices with signs that
complain of management’s unfairness. Is this action legal? If so, do the
workers have the right to be paid while they are striking? Can non–
workers participate in the picketing? Can co–workers refuse to cross the
picket line?
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