Chapter 11 - Labor Unions and Collective Bargains

Question 1

Labor Unions

Answer 1

Organizations that exist to represent the interest of employees in the workplace and to ensure fair treatment when conflict arise between one or more employee and management.

Question 2

Collective Bargaining

Answer 2

The process in which labor union leaderships enters in negotiations with management representatives to come terms with pay, work hours, and job security.

Question 3

Collective Bargaining Agreement

Answer 3

Written document that describes the terms of employment reached between management and unions

Question 4

Right-to-Work Laws

Answer 4

Laws that prohibits management and unions from entering into agreements requiring union membership as a condition of employment

Question 5

Local Union

Answer 5

Basic element in the structure of U.S. labor movement

Question 6

Craft Union

Answer 6

Bargaining unit, such as the Carpenters and Joiners Union, which is typically composed of members of a trade or skill

Question 7

Industrial Union

Answer 7

Bargaining unit that consists of all workers in a plant or group of plants

Question 8

National Union

Answer 8

Organization composed of local unions, which it charters