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Labor Unions and Collective Bargaining

Labor Unions and Collective Bargaining Quiz

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the primary purpose of a labor union?

  1. To represent workers in negotiations with employers
  2. To provide social and recreational activities for workers
  3. To promote the interests of workers in the political arena
  4. To provide financial assistance to workers in need
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is collective bargaining?

  1. The process by which workers and employers negotiate a labor contract
  2. The process by which workers elect union representatives
  3. The process by which workers strike or engage in other forms of protest
  4. The process by which workers file grievances against their employers
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is a labor contract?

  1. A legally binding agreement between a union and an employer that sets wages, hours, and working conditions
  2. A voluntary agreement between a union and an employer that sets wages, hours, and working conditions
  3. A statement of principles that a union and an employer agree to follow
  4. A set of rules that a union and an employer agree to follow
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What are the main provisions of a labor contract?

  1. Wages, hours, and working conditions
  2. Grievance procedures
  3. Union security provisions
  4. All of the above
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is a grievance procedure?

  1. A process for resolving disputes between workers and their employers
  2. A process for resolving disputes between unions and employers
  3. A process for resolving disputes between workers and unions
  4. A process for resolving disputes between employers and unions
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What are union security provisions?

  1. Provisions that require workers to join a union in order to keep their jobs
  2. Provisions that require employers to hire only union members
  3. Provisions that prohibit employers from discriminating against union members
  4. Provisions that require employers to provide union representatives with access to the workplace
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What are the main types of union security provisions?

  1. Closed shop
  2. Union shop
  3. Agency shop
  4. Maintenance of membership shop
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is a closed shop?

  1. A union security provision that requires all workers to be union members before they can be hired
  2. A union security provision that requires all workers to join a union within a certain period of time after they are hired
  3. A union security provision that requires all workers to pay union dues, even if they are not union members
  4. A union security provision that requires employers to provide union representatives with access to the workplace
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is a union shop?

  1. A union security provision that requires all workers to join a union within a certain period of time after they are hired
  2. A union security provision that requires all workers to pay union dues, even if they are not union members
  3. A union security provision that requires employers to provide union representatives with access to the workplace
  4. A union security provision that requires employers to hire only union members
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is an agency shop?

  1. A union security provision that requires all workers to pay union dues, even if they are not union members
  2. A union security provision that requires employers to provide union representatives with access to the workplace
  3. A union security provision that requires employers to hire only union members
  4. A union security provision that requires all workers to be union members before they can be hired
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is a maintenance of membership shop?

  1. A union security provision that requires all workers to join a union within a certain period of time after they are hired
  2. A union security provision that requires all workers to pay union dues, even if they are not union members
  3. A union security provision that requires employers to provide union representatives with access to the workplace
  4. A union security provision that requires all workers to be union members before they can be hired
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the National Labor Relations Act?

  1. The federal law that governs labor relations in the United States
  2. The federal law that governs collective bargaining in the United States
  3. The federal law that governs union security provisions in the United States
  4. The federal law that governs grievance procedures in the United States
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What are the main provisions of the National Labor Relations Act?

  1. The right of workers to organize and bargain collectively
  2. The right of employers to hire and fire workers without interference from unions
  3. The right of workers to strike
  4. The right of employers to lock out workers
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the National Labor Relations Board?

  1. The federal agency that enforces the National Labor Relations Act
  2. The federal agency that regulates collective bargaining in the United States
  3. The federal agency that oversees union security provisions in the United States
  4. The federal agency that resolves grievance disputes in the United States
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What are the main functions of the National Labor Relations Board?

  1. To conduct union representation elections
  2. To investigate unfair labor practices
  3. To issue cease and desist orders
  4. To order employers to reinstate workers who have been fired for union activity
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