Collective Bargaining, unionization, and employment laws

Question 1

National Labor Act/Wagner act 1935~

Answer 1

gave unions many rights in organizing; resulted in rapid union growth#

Question 2

Taft-Hartley Amendment 1947~

Answer 2

Returned some power to management; resulted in a more equal balance of power between ionions and management#

Question 3

Kennedy Executive Order 10988 1962~

Answer 3

Amended the 1935 Wagner act to allow public employees to join unions#

Question 4

Amendments to the Wagner Act 1974~

Answer 4

Allowed nonprofit organization to join unions#

Question 5

National Labor Relations Board ruling 1989~

Answer 5

Allowed nurses to form their own separate bargaining units#

Question 6

Challenges for nurse manager~

Answer 6

must be able to see collective bargaining and employement legislation from four perspectives:

1. the organization (UnityPoint)
2. the worker
3. general historical/society
4. personal (self)#

Question 7

Union representation of nurses~

Answer 7

17% of nurses and 12% of other US health care workers c

10.3% of general population#

Question 8

Union reasons~

Answer 8

more power individual
more input for decision making
more pay/benefits/conditions

less overtime required
less discrimination

structured process for support

Belief that it will improve patient outcome/qoc#

Question 9

Reasons not to union~

Answer 9

Cost - fees
less autonomy

if you identify with management as opposed to union

fear of employer reprisal
fear of coworkers dissent
fear of lost income when strike
concern over patient care with strikes#

Question 10

Unions representing nurses~

Answer 10

ANA

National union of hospital

SEIU

…#

Question 11

Organizing a union~

Answer 11

employees have aright to participate under NLRA (protection act)

managers cannot interfere

once management is faced with a bargaining agent, they must accept or oppose the union

Management doesn’t have as much legal protection to start a union as a floor nurse#

Question 12

Employment legislation~

Answer 12

Laws that establish fair standards#

Question 13

Equal pay act 1963~

Answer 13

requires men and women equal work equal compensation

four equal pay tests exist
1. equal skill
2. equal effort
3. equal responsibility
4. similar working conditions#

Question 14

Sexual harassment~

Answer 14

The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commision (EEOC):
defines#