Question

1. The company you work for has traditionally been known for cooperative labor-management relations. Recently your company purchased a facility from a competitor in a “right to work” state. The labor-management relations at that facility were confrontational. Every year the facility experienced a strike before a new contract could be agreed upon. Top management has asked you to oversee that facility and improve labor relations there. After careful consideration, you decide to (select all that apply):

a. Hold a meeting of all department heads and senior union members to discuss the high cost of strikes to both sides.

b. Meet directly with facility employees to learn about their needs.

c. Offer to begin union negotiations earlier than in the past so that there is more time to find compromises.

d. Eliminate the union at this plant, since it’s in a “right to work” state.

2. You work for a company where working conditions are poor. Your work area lacks good ventilation, and managers often stand over their workers and bark orders at them. In response, you decide to form a union. After researching the unionization process on the Internet, you determine that the first step will be:

a. ask the NLRB to oversee a union vote.

b. call a local union so you can sign an authorization card.

c. talk to other employees to determine if they feel the same way that you do.

d. approach your manager and demand that you be allowed to form a union.

3. You work for a company where working conditions are poor. Your work area lacks good ventilation, and managers often stand over their workers and bark orders at them. In response, you decide to form a union. After researching the unionization process on the Internet, you determine that the first step will be:

a. ask the NLRB to oversee a union vote.

b. call a local union so you can sign an authorization card.

c. talk to other employees to determine if they feel the same way that you do.

d. approach your manager and demand that you be allowed to form a union.

4. You work for a company where working conditions are poor. Your work area lacks good ventilation, and managers often stand over their workers and bark orders at them. In response, you decide to form a union. After researching the unionization process on the Internet, you determine that the first step will be:

a. ask the NLRB to oversee a union vote.

b. call a local union so you can sign an authorization card.

c. talk to other employees to determine if they feel the same way that you do.

d. approach your manager and demand that you be allowed to form a union.

You work for a company where working conditions are poor. Your work area lacks good ventilation, and managers often stand over their workers and bark orders at them. In response, you decide to form a union. After researching the unionization process on the Internet, you determine that the first step will be:

a. ask the NLRB to oversee a union vote.

b. call a local union so you can sign an authorization card.

c. talk to other employees to determine if they feel the same way that you do.

d. approach your manager and demand that you be allowed to form a union.

Answer 1

1. (a), (b), & (c)

A 'Right-to-work' state means that that employees are entitled to work in unionized workplaces without actually joining the union or paying regular union dues. They may voluntarily withdraw their membership from a union but are still entitled to fair union representation. The company does not have the right to 'Eliminate' the union at a plant.

2. (c)

The first step to start a union at your workplace is to talk to trusted co-workers and discuss the conditions that you are working in. All workers except supervisors and managers are legally protected to talk about the working conditions according to the National Labor Relations Act.

Questions 3, 4 & 5 are the same as Question 2(Answer above)