What clause prevents the reopening of negotiations during the term of the contract?

What is the first step in the process to resolve grievances?

4 levels/steps to resolve a grievance

In which sector are labor strikes prohibited?

In which sector is compulsory arbitration mandated by legal statute to resolve disputes?

When are injunctions sought?

When immediate action is needed to temporarily prevent something from occurring e.g. national emergency strike. What will be used?

In the event that a company with CBAs is acquired by a new company, what may the new management be required to do with the union contracts?

4 factors will be considered to decide if an acquiring owner is a successor employer

Can the terms and conditions of a CBA be changed by the new employer?

In case a successor employer wishes to change terms and conditions of a CBA, how can the employer do that?

When union members may be engaging in a work slowdown, and it may be costing management more to have the employees working slowly and producing a limited number of goods or services than it would cost to shut down the operation. What can the employer do?

5 boycott ways

Under the ally doctrine when an employer whose workers are on strike contacts a neutral employer and asks the neutral employer to produce the work that would normally be performed by the striking workers, what will happen to the neutral employer ?

Under alter ego doctrine, 4 four criteria that determine whether a single employer exists

When these four criteria (interrelation of operations, central control of labor relations, common management, and common ownership) are present, what may the NLRB may determine about the employees of the alter ego employer?

Are secondary boycotts defined as ULPs?

Which act defined secondary boycotts as ULPs?

In a straight-line operation, 2 business perform operations that complement each other's operations. If one business is struck, can the union strike the other business?

When does a strike occur?

If a strike in support of a ULP committed by the union is a ULP, is the strike lawful or unlawful?

If a strike occurs in violation of a no-strike clause in a CBA, is the strike a protected or unprotected activity?

What will cause a strike to be deemed unlawful?

Is a sit-down strike considered unlawful?

When a strike in support of a hot-cargo clause, it it prohibited?

Can picketing be lawful?

What is the difference between picketing and strike?

3 kinds of picketing

In common situs picketing, what information does the union must state on their picket sign?

Is hot-cargo picket prohibited?

5 characteristics of an organization that are less vulnerable to unionization attempts

Union Avoidance Strategies

Under Climate Assessments, what can be done to avoid unionization?

Behavioral indications that a union may be attempting to organize.

What is the ultimate measure of success in employee relations is the satisfaction level of employees?

2 approaches to measure employee's satisfaction

WBusiness Impact Measures