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Small businesses have found that child care programs


A) are too expensive to offer, which puts them at a serious disadvantage when competing against larger firms to attract the best workers.
B) can be offered in creative ways that enable the firm to offer an attractive benefit to workers with young children.
C) are less necessary now than they were before the federal government expanded its child care programs.
D) are not very expensive, but tend to be more trouble than they are worth.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

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The ability of unions to achieve key goals in the future will depend on their ability to


A) reestablish their base of strength in the manufacturing sector.
B) find ways to cooperate with management in training workers and redesigning jobs.
C) repeal the Wagner Act and the Norris-LaGuardia Act in order to eliminate restrictions on union tactics.
D) return to the confrontational tactics used successfully in the 1930s when unions grew rapidly.

E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

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For 20 years, the CIO was a major rival of the AFL in the contest for leadership of the labor movement.

A) True
B) False

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The key difference between an agency shop agreement and an open shop agreement is that in an agency shop


A) workers must join the union within a stipulated time period (usually 30, 60, or 90 days) in order to keep their jobs, but in an open shop the workers are not required to join the union.
B) the union is restricted to a limited number of employees who perform specific types of jobs, but in an open shop membership in the union is available to all workers.
C) workers who do not join the union must pay a fee or regular dues, while in an open shop workers who choose not to join the union do not have to pay any union fees or dues.
D) workers must agree not to join a union in order to keep their jobs while in an open shop workers are free to join a union if they wish, but they are not required to do so.

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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Samuel Gompers believed that collective bargaining was likely to be an ineffective way for unions to achieve their objectives.

A) True
B) False

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A(n) ________ is a court order directing someone to do something or to refrain from doing something.


A) restrictive covenant
B) injunction
C) judicial encyclical
D) declaratory judgment

E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

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A(n) ________ is an employee organization that represents workers in employee-management bargaining over job-related issues.


A) trades guild
B) union
C) ESOP
D) cross-functional team

E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

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Today, over 60% of all companies require some type of drug testing.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following statements about sexual harassment is most accurate?


A) Only men can be charged with sexual harassment.
B) Sexual harassment cannot be proven unless the employee's submission to such conduct was made explicitly a term of employment or was used to influence the results of the employee's performance appraisal.
C) One flaw with the current laws concerning sexual harassment is that they do not take into account the possibility of same-sex harassment.
D) In evaluating charges of sexual harassment, the courts place a great deal of emphasis on whether the behavior was unwelcome.

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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The lockout is the most common tactic used by management today to deal with labor management disputes.

A) True
B) False

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Kylie works for a company in which a union is recognized as the bargaining agent for the workers who perform her type of job. However, under the arrangements at her company, Kylie is not required to join the union, nor is she required to pay any fees or dues to the union. Kylie works under an agency shop agreement.

A) True
B) False

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The ________ was set up as a federation of many separate craft unions.


A) Knights of Labor (KoL)
B) Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
C) League of Unions (LoU)
D) American Federation of Labor (AFL)

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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JetStream Airlines implemented a program to curb workplace violence before it occurs. Under this program, the employees of JetStream can expect to


A) share in any profits their airline earns.
B) get paid extended leave if they become especially and visibly angry at work.
C) see much more use of contingent workers.
D) take part in focus groups to share their ideas about workplace violence prevention.

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Dr. Qiang, a professor at a local university, has been working with union leaders and management at Fairlawn Corporation to help the two sides resolve differences over desired wage levels for a new contract. First, he met with each side privately to determine any common ground for agreement. For the past week, he has worked with representatives from each side to promote communication and compromise at the bargaining table. Dr. Qiang is a(n)


A) arbitrator.
B) mediator.
C) fact finder.
D) shop steward.

E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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The steps Ima, Boyd and their fellow workers must take to get the union legally recognized as the authorized bargaining agent are parts of the ________ process.


A) accreditation
B) arbitration
C) certification
D) collective bargaining

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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The use of strikebreakers did not become a common management tactic used in labor disputes until the 1980s.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following is an effective way to deal with the growing threat of workplace violence?


A) Ignore it, as the amount of workplace violence has actually decreased substantially.
B) Hire proactive managers.
C) Ask employees that are experiencing threats or harassment to take paid leave.
D) Avoid disciplining employees who are not performing up to par since they will learn on the job and their performance will improve over time.

E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

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The ________ Act established the National Labor Relations Board.


A) Wagner
B) Taft-Hartley
C) Norris-LaGuardia
D) Fair Labor Standards

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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Bathtub Brewing Company and the AFL-CIO are in an eight-month-long labor dispute. The AFL-CIO has called on its membership and the general public to refuse to purchase Bathtub Brewing products. The AFL-CIO is calling for a


A) general boycott.
B) secondary boycott.
C) primary boycott.
D) public boycott.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Once a union is certified to represent a group of workers, decertification is not a consideration or future possibility.

A) True
B) False

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