Chapter 1 - public policy and labor law

What act governs labor-management relations in the general aviation industry?

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  Railway Labor Act (RLA)

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  National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

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  Civil Service Reform Act

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  Kelly Mail Act

What act governs labor-management relations in the aerospace manufacturing industry?

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  National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

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  Railway Labor Act (RLA)

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  Civil Service Reform Act

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  Civil Service Reform Act

Lock-out is defined as:

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  An employer's closing down of a business to put economic pressure on the employee's to accept the employer's contract proposals. Opposite of an economic strike.

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  Attempt between union and management to resolve conflicting interests in a manner suitable to both parties.

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  Actions employed by unions, management or both that are prohibited by Section 8 of the Taft-Hartley Act.

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  The physical incarceration of employees who have broken the law. 

Craft unit is defined as:

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  Labor organization that seeks to include all workers who have a common skill.

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  Bargaining unit consisting of workers following a particular craft or using a particular type of skill.

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  A group of individuals that do crafts together.

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  A type of union that only accepts members of the same craft. 

A craft unit is the same thing as a craft union.

• true

• false

The RLA governs any airline or railroad operating intrastate.

• true

• false

The ________________ established the regulatory framework for the labor relations process in the railroad industry.

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  NLRA

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  RLA

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  Taft-Hartley Act

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  Civil Service Reform Act

Craft union is defined as:

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  The type of organization that represents workers from a variety of crafts. 

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  Bargaining unit consisting of workers following a particular craft or using a particular type of skill. 

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  Labor organization that seeks to include all workers who have a common skill.

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  A violent group of employees.

Collective bargaining is a process that only benefits the members of a union.

• true

• false

Collective bargaining is defined as:

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  Attempt between union and management to resolve conflicting interests in a manner suitable to both parties.

• Intervention by a third party in a dispute in order to resolve it; the same as arbitration

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  Actions employed by unions, management or both that are prohibited by Section 8 of the Taft-Hartley Act.