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Trade Unions

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the primary objective of a trade union?

  1. To protect the interests of workers
  2. To increase the profits of employers
  3. To promote competition in the market
  4. To reduce government regulations
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What are the main functions of a trade union?

  1. To negotiate collective bargaining agreements
  2. To provide legal assistance to members
  3. To organize strikes and protests
  4. To manage pension funds
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is a closed shop?

  1. A workplace where only union members are employed
  2. A workplace where all employees are required to join the union
  3. A workplace where union membership is optional
  4. A workplace where the union has no presence
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is a right-to-work law?

  1. A law that prohibits employers from requiring union membership as a condition of employment
  2. A law that requires employers to recognize and bargain with unions
  3. A law that sets minimum wages and benefits for workers
  4. A law that provides unemployment benefits to workers who lose their jobs
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is a strike?

  1. A temporary work stoppage by employees in order to achieve certain demands
  2. A permanent work stoppage by employees in order to achieve certain demands
  3. A work slowdown by employees in order to achieve certain demands
  4. A work stoppage by employers in order to achieve certain demands
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is a lockout?

  1. A temporary work stoppage by employers in order to achieve certain demands
  2. A permanent work stoppage by employers in order to achieve certain demands
  3. A work slowdown by employers in order to achieve certain demands
  4. A work stoppage by employees in order to achieve certain demands
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is a collective bargaining agreement?

  1. An agreement between an employer and a union that sets wages, benefits, and working conditions
  2. An agreement between two or more unions that sets wages, benefits, and working conditions
  3. An agreement between an employer and a government agency that sets wages, benefits, and working conditions
  4. An agreement between two or more government agencies that sets wages, benefits, and working conditions
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is a grievance procedure?

  1. A process for resolving disputes between an employer and a union
  2. A process for resolving disputes between two or more unions
  3. A process for resolving disputes between an employer and a government agency
  4. A process for resolving disputes between two or more government agencies
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is a union steward?

  1. A union member who is elected to represent the union in the workplace
  2. A union member who is appointed by the union to represent the union in the workplace
  3. A union member who is hired by the employer to represent the union in the workplace
  4. A union member who is assigned by the government to represent the union in the workplace
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is a union dues?

  1. A fee that union members pay to the union in order to cover the costs of union activities
  2. A fee that union members pay to the employer in order to cover the costs of union activities
  3. A fee that union members pay to the government in order to cover the costs of union activities
  4. A fee that union members pay to a charity in order to cover the costs of union activities
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is a union shop?

  1. A workplace where all employees are required to join the union
  2. A workplace where only union members are employed
  3. A workplace where union membership is optional
  4. A workplace where the union has no presence
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is a yellow dog contract?

  1. A contract between an employer and an employee that prohibits the employee from joining a union
  2. A contract between an employer and a union that prohibits the union from organizing employees
  3. A contract between two or more unions that prohibits them from competing with each other
  4. A contract between an employer and a government agency that prohibits the government agency from interfering with the employer's business
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the National Labor Relations Act?

  1. A federal law that protects the right of workers to organize and bargain collectively
  2. A federal law that prohibits employers from interfering with the right of workers to organize and bargain collectively
  3. A federal law that establishes minimum wages and benefits for workers
  4. A federal law that provides unemployment benefits to workers who lose their jobs
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the Taft-Hartley Act?

  1. An amendment to the National Labor Relations Act that restricts the power of unions
  2. An amendment to the National Labor Relations Act that expands the power of unions
  3. An amendment to the National Labor Relations Act that establishes minimum wages and benefits for workers
  4. An amendment to the National Labor Relations Act that provides unemployment benefits to workers who lose their jobs
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the Landrum-Griffin Act?

  1. An amendment to the National Labor Relations Act that protects the rights of union members
  2. An amendment to the National Labor Relations Act that restricts the power of unions
  3. An amendment to the National Labor Relations Act that establishes minimum wages and benefits for workers
  4. An amendment to the National Labor Relations Act that provides unemployment benefits to workers who lose their jobs
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