Chapter 10 Flashcards
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What are the three primary components of a fire officer’s supervisory activities?
- The local labor contract
- the municipality’s personnel regulations
- the fire departments rules, regulations, and procedures
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Where are memorandum of understandings (MOU)used as a legal agreement between labor organization in the local jurisdiction?
Where government employees do not have formal collective bargaining rights.
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Collective bargaining
A method whereby representatives of employee unions and employers determine the conditions of employment through negotiations.
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Shop steward
The union member who is appointed or elected to be the first line of labor representation at the workplace. The shop steward is a member of a workforce whose received additional training in labor relations.
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What is the largest fire service labor organization in the United States?
International Association of Firefighters IAFF
300,000 firefighter and emergency services personnel in the United States and Canada est. 1918
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Key recommendations that form the foundation of any strong supervisor/employee relationship between fire officer and a firefighter: (4)
- Scheduling regular one-on-one meetings w/ each member. Establishes connection/trust, discuss job performance, expectations on both parts.
- Scheduling regular company meetings. Discuss new policies, concerns, etc. Keeping Open communication critical effective supervisor & employee relationship.
- Disagreements, work together, articulate concern, develop solutions
- Deteriorating relationship, start by listing areas you can succeed together. Set goals and deadlines. Are goals positive for whole company?
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What is the root cause of almost every labor disturbance?
Failure to manage the relationship between labor and management properly. Labor management relationship moving from confrontational towards cooperative often through mediation.
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Mediation
Mediation is the intervention of a neutral third-party in an industrial dispute.
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Grievance
A grievance is a dispute, claim, or complaint that any employee or group of employees may have about their interpretation, application, or alleged violation of some provision of the labor agreement/personal regulations.
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Grievance procedure
Formal structure process that is employed within an organization to resolve the grievance. The grievance procedure should specify the sequential process and a timeline to move through the steps.
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Concerning a grievance procedure what should the objective always be
The objective should always be to resolve the problem at the lowest possible level and shortest possible time.
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The ability to resolve problems at a low level is an indication of ____?
Indication of a healthy organization with a good labor-management relationship. The opposite is true as well.
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Informal grievance
The grievant presents complaint verbally to supervisor shortly after its occurrence.
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When a grievant presents an informal grievance what three pieces of information should also be presented?
- Article and section of labor agreement/personnel regulation alleged to have been violated.
- . Of the grievance, giving facts, dates, and time of events.
- Statement of the desired remedy or adjustment
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At what point during a grievance procedure does the grievance go from informal to formal?
The second step. The employee may prepare and submit a written grievance, supervisor has 10 calendar days to reach a decision and provide reply to grievant.
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What four pieces of federal legislation have established the groundwork for the rules and regulations of present collective bargaining systems?
- Norris- LaGuardia Act of 1932
- Wagner-Connery Act 1935
- Taft- Hartley Labor Act of 1947
- Landrum-Griffin Act 1959
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Norris – LaGuardia Act of 1932
Employee could not be forced into a contract by an employer as part of obtaining and keeping a job.
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Yellow dog contracts
Contract worker signed as a condition of employment, pledging they would not join a union.
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National Industrial Recovery Act
President Franklin Roosevelt took steps to bolster economic growth during Great Depression. One of his initiatives National Industrial Recovery Act NIRA guaranteed unions the right to collective bargaining as part of an effort to keep wages at a level that would maintain purchasing power of the worker.
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Wagner- Connery Act of 1935
Establish the procedures that are commonly called collective bargaining. It grants workers the right to decide, by majority vote, which organization will represent them at the labor – management bargaining table. Requires management to bargain with duly elected union representatives and outlaws yellow dog contracts.
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Great strike wave of 1933 - 1934
Labor organized citywide strikes and factory takeovers in numerous industrial sections. In response to ongoing unfair labor practices after National Industrial Recovery Act NIRA was overturned. ended by the Wagner- Connery Act of 1935
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What were the five types of unfair labor practices declared illegal by Wagner-Connery Act 1935?
- Interfering with employees in a union
- Stopping the union from forming and collecting money
- Not hiring union members
- Firing union members
- Refusing to bargain with the union
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Taft-Hartley Labor Act 1947
Taft-Hartley gave workers the right from refraining from joining the union and applied unfair labor practice provisions to unions as well as employers. Prohibited union from forcing management to fire antiunion/nonunion workers. Unions required to engage in good faith bargaining, and 60 day cool off period was created.
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When does a 60 day cool off period come into effect?
When a labor agreement in’s without a new contract
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Was the most significant provision of Taft Hartley from the perspective of firefighters?
“Strikes during a national emergency” In the event of an imminent strike could affect a major part of an industry and imperil the health and safety of the nation the president is granted certain powers to help settle disputes. such as ordering employees back to work, compel arbitration, provide economic judicial/political pressure to achieve resolution of the dispute.
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Landrum-Griffin Act of 1959
Established a Bill of Rights for members of labor organizations. required unions file an annual report listing the assets of the organization as well as names and assets of every officer and employee. Minimum election requirements are mandated as were duties and responsibility of union officials and officers.
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Executive order #10988
Executive order issued by Pres. John F. Kennedy granting federal employees the right to bargain collectively under restricted rules.
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Right to work
In states with right to work worker cannot be compelled as a condition of employment to join or pay dues to labor union.
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Open shops
Closed shops
Open shops- provided the worker with the option of remaining outside the union.
Closed shops- worker must be a member of a particular union to work for the company.
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Where was the first fully paid fire department in the United States?
1853 in Cincinnati, Ohio
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The potential impact of a strike on public safety is so severe that many states prohibit firefighters from walking out. In many cases in which fire service strikes have occurred the public and media have question labor’s right to strike as_____.
A matter of ethics
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Firefighter strikes 1918- 1921
Most of the firefighter strikes were efforts to establish a two platoon system, obtain more pay, or simply gain the right to form labor organization recognized by the city.
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Firefighter strikes 1931- 1933
In reaction to wage reduction and elimination of firefighter jobs
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Firefighter strikes 1973- 1980
Most of the strikes occurred after labor and management reached an impasse while negotiating a new contract. None of the strikes resulted in a net gain for organized labor.
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Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
The primary purpose of FLSA was to establish minimum standards for wages and spell administrative procedures covering work time and compensation, including overtime entitlement. FLSA requires overtime to be paid at 1.5x.
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Under revised federal regulations, public safety agencies do not have to pay firefighters over time until they have worked ____ hours and a maximum ____ cycle-which averages out to a 53 hour work week.
212 hours
28 day cycle
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Political action committee PAC
Special interest group that can solicit funding and lobby local and national elected officials on the half of its cause. FIREPAC promotes the legislative and political interests of the IAFF
