PU The Company Can Raise Capital and Invest Money Discussion

This quiz contains 11 short answer questions on topics from Chapters 11 and 12 of your text. Your answers should be 1-3 paragraphs long.

1. What aspects of the existing labor contract are usually reviewed by management in preparation for labor negotiations?
2. Identify the important data needed by management when preparing for labor negotiations.
3. Briefly explain the basic rules governing the collective bargaining process.
4. Identify and explain the four behavioral components of collective bargaining.
5. What were the union demands in response to companies’ requests for concessions in the 1980s? Which union demands were successful, and which were not?
6. What is a collective bargaining impasse, and how does it occur?
7. List how mediation can facilitate a labor contract negotiations settlement?
8. Explain the four different types of union worker strikes.
9. Explain the purposes of union picket lines.
10. What is a slowdown? Why is it difficult to take action against employees protesting in this manner?
11. List the different employer responses to a union worker strike.