Ch 32 Flashcards
landrum griffin act
543
labors bill of rights
gives each union member equal rights and privileges to nominate candidates for union office, vote in elections and participate in membership meetings
it further guarantees union members the rights of free speech and assembly, provides for due process (notice and hearing), and permits union members to initiate judicial or administrative action.
right to work law
539
a law enacted by a state that stipulates that individual employees cannot be forced to join a union or pay union dues and fees even though a labor union has been elected to represent fellow employees
closed shop agreement
539
false, illegal in US
union shop
538
a workplace in which an employee must join the union within a certain number of days after being hired.
agency shop agreement
539
an employer may hire anyone whether he or she belongs to a union or not. after employees are hired, they do not have to join the union, but if they do not join, they must pay an agency fee to the union.
worker adjustment and retraining notification act
543
plant closing act
a federal act that requires employers with 100 or more employees to give their employees 60 days notice before engaging in certain plant closings or layoffs.
employee lockouts
540
an act of an employer to prevent employees from entering the work premises when the employer reasonably anticipates a strike
no strike clause
540
a clause in a collective bargaining agreement whereby a union agrees it will not strike during an agreed-on period of time.
norris lagriardia act
535
1932, stipulates that it is legal for employees to organize.
national labor relations board
536
a federal administrative agency that oversees union elections, prevents employers and union from engaging in illegal and unfair labor practices, and enforces and interprets certain federal labor laws
strike vote
540
sit down strikes
540
striking employees continue to occupy the employer’s premises. such strikes are illegal because they deny the employer’s statutory right to continue its operations during the strike.
partial or intermittent strikes
540
employees strikes part of the day or workweek and work the other part. this type of strike is illegal because it interferes with the employer’s right to operate its facilities at full capacity
permissive/compulsory terms of bargaining
538
compulsory subjects- wages, hours and other terms and conditions
permissive subjects- subjects that are not compulsory or illegal are permissive subjects of collective bargaining. these subjects may be bargained for if the company and union agree to do so.
secondary boycott picketing
542
a type of picketing in which a union tries to bring pressure against an employer by picketing the employer’s suppliers or customers
