chapter 10

Question 1

How many calendar days does the fire chief have to respond to a step 4 grievance

Answer 1

10 days

Question 2

Which of the following specified that an employee cannot be forced to sign a contract as a condition of employment

Answer 2

Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932

Question 3

Which of the following required that unions file an annual report with the government listing the assets of the organization and the names and assets of every officer and employee

Answer 3

Landrum-Griffin Act of 1959

Question 4

Which forms the basis of formal labor relations in the United States

Answer 4

Wagner-Connery Act of 1935

Question 5

What is in place when dealing with a grievance that will prevent the process from stalling at any level for an excessive amount of time

Answer 5

Timeline

Question 6

What ended the prohibition of union representing of multiple labor groups

Answer 6

Clayton act

Question 7

When did the Fair Labor Standards Act begin to apply to government employees

Answer 7

1974

Question 8

When did President John F Kennedy issue an executive order that granted federal employee the right to bargain collectively under restricted rules

Answer 8

1963

Question 9

Who typically handles a step 3 grievances

Answer 9

Administrative fire officer

Question 10

When did the supreme court stroke down the National Industrial Recovery Act as constitutional

Answer 10

1935

Question 11

When did the labor movement have a political advantage and make considerable progress

Answer 11

1915-1930

Question 12

What focuses on the working conditions and benefits of the union members

Answer 12

Organized labor

Question 13

When did the IAFF vote to eliminate the 50 year old no strike clause in its constitution

Answer 13

1968

Question 14

In how many states in the United states is striking by state employees legal

Answer 14

10

Question 15

What was the reason behind the firefighter strikes between 1918 and 1921

Answer 15

better working conditions

Question 16

When was the IAFF established

Answer 16

February 28 1918

Question 17

What is a dispute, claim, or complaint that any employee may have about the interpretation of some provision of the labor agreement

Answer 17

Grievance

Question 18

What length “cooling off” period is designated under the Taft-Hartley Labor Act of 1947

Answer 18

60 day

Question 19

What is the root cause of almost every labor disturbance

Answer 19

Failure to manage the relationship between labor and management

Question 20

Who is generally the first point of contact between the fire department organization and the workers

Answer 20

fire officer

Question 21

What is the intervention of a neutral third party is an industrial dispute

Answer 21

Mediation

Question 22

Who acts as an advocate for the individual or group that submitted a grievance

Answer 22

Union representative

Question 23

After what number of hours in a maximum 28 day cycle will fire fighters be paid overtime

Answer 23

212 hours

Question 24

When did organized labor reach a turning point

Answer 24

1919

Question 25

What should be discussed at the one on one meeting you schedule with each member of your company

Answer 25

Job performance and expectations

Question 26

Right to work laws

Answer 26

Those states, a worker cannot be compelled, as a condition of employment, to join or pay dues to a labor union

Question 27

Closed shop

Answer 27

Worker must be a member of particular union to work for the company

Question 28

Open shop

Answer 28

Provide the worker with the option of remaining outside the union

Question 29

President John F Kennedy issued Executive Order

Answer 29

10988 in 1963, which granted federal employees the right to bargain collectively under restricted rules