Labor Relations Striking a Balance John Budd 5 Edition – Test Bank

Union Relations (*5*) a Harmony John Budd 5e

ISBN-10:1259412385, ISBN-13:978-1259412387

1. Fundamentally, a labor organization is a workforce who unite to influence the nature of their employment.

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Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-03 Explain the key characteristics of the modern U.S. union relations system-collective bargaining, thorough union contracts, and decline in private sector union density.
2. The increasing disparity between the wealthiest and poorest individuals in the U.S. is partly a result of the diminished position of labor unions.

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Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-04 Discuss the current pressures on the U.S. union relations system-on the corporate side, workplace flexibility and employment involvement (partly stemming from globalization), and on the labor side, low union density, a representation gap, and challenges in organizing new employees.
3. When an employer utilizes an employee suggestion program to gather suggestions and concerns from its employees, it is essentially focusing on the union relations objective of efficiency.

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Level of Difficulty: 2 Moderate
Learning Objective: 01-02 Outline the goals of the employment relationship (efficiency, fairness, and voice) and of union relations (achieving a balance).
4. The goals of efficiency, fairness, and voice in the workplace seldom conflict with each other.

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Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-02 Outline the goals of the employment relationship (efficiency, fairness, and voice) and of union relations (achieving a balance).
5. A primary role of unions is to negotiate work policies and practices that ensure equitable treatment of employees by their supervisors and employers.

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Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-02 Outline the goals of the employment relationship (efficiency, fairness, and voice) and of union relations (achieving a balance).
6. In the U.S., employees are broadly protected against arbitrary dismissal, requiring employers to provide a valid, business-related reason for terminating someone.

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Level of Difficulty: 2 Moderate
Learning Objective: 01-02 Outline the goals of the employment relationship (efficiency, fairness, and voice) and of union relations (achieving a balance).
7. The official policy of the United States is to safeguard workers’ rights to act collectively for mutual aid and protection in the workplace and to endorse collective bargaining as a means to address workplace conflicts.

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Level of Difficulty: 2 Moderate
Learning Objective: 01-02 Outline the goals of the employment relationship (efficiency, fairness, and voice) and of union relations (achieving a balance).
8. In the U.S., employees can generally be terminated for just cause, no cause, or even an ethically incorrect reason.

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Level of Difficulty: 2 Moderate
Learning Objective: 01-02 Outline the goals of the employment relationship (efficiency, fairness, and voice) and of union relations (achieving a balance).
9. Most industrialized nations grant employers significant discretion to dismiss employees “at will” (i.e., without a valid reason).

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Level of Difficulty: 2 Moderate
Learning Objective: 01-02 Outline the goals of the employment relationship (efficiency, fairness, and voice) and of union relations (achieving a balance).
10. In 2011, the Packers defeated the Chicago Bears in their quest for the Super Bowl. The following day, a Chicago car salesman was terminated for wearing a Green Bay Packers tie to work despite having sold 14 cars in the previous month. Such a dismissal is deemed unlawful in the U.S.

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Level of Difficulty: 3 Hard
Learning Objective: 01-02 Outline the goals of the employment relationship (efficiency, fairness, and voice) and of union relations (achieving a balance).
11. An organization that empowers its employees to express their voice in the workplace using democratic principles akin to those generally embraced in a democratic society is one that practices industrial democracy.

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Level of Difficulty: 2 Moderate
Learning Objective: 01-02 Outline the goals of the employment relationship (efficiency, fairness, and voice) and of union relations (achieving a balance).
12. The concept of employee voice signifies that employees should have the freedom to voice their opinions at work as long as they align with the majority of employees or with the employer’s standpoint.

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Level of Difficulty: 3 Hard
Learning Objective: 01-02 Outline the goals of the employment relationship (efficiency, fairness, and voice) and of union relations (achieving a balance).