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1
What is a disadvantage of seniority provisions?
A)Experienced workers often leave because of the strict seniority requirements in collective contracts.
B)They help cause employment insecurity for older workers who may realize that they will face retirement and thus may be laid off.
C)They may allow below average performers to be promoted.
D)They can increase the career advancement of younger employees who may possess high abilities.
2
Management rights clauses are based on the belief that
A)unions and employers will be able to work together more harmoniously.
B)management must limit the influence of unions so that it can run its own business.
C)unions can perform the same duties and, therefore, deserve the same rights as management.
D)employers can sue unions for wrongful actions.
3
Which has not been a push by management since the early 1980s in order to increase flexibility in human resource management?
A)More conservative subcontracting rights.
B)Greater managerial discretion in allocating overtime.
C)Broader job classifications.
D)More liberal restrictions on voluntary transfers.
4
According to research conducted by Freeman and Medoff, turnover rates at unionized work settings are much lower than turnover rates at non-union workplaces because unionized employees
A)usually receive higher wages than non-unionized employees doing comparable work.
B)receive extensive fringe benefits that are not offered at non-unionized work places.
C)actively participate in union activities, including elections and bargaining sessions.
D)have a voice mechanism through which they can influence workplace decisions and settle disputes.
5
Which of the following is true about supplementary unemployment benefits programs?
A)The government was the first to mandate such programs.
B)Unions have always had major supplemental unemployment benefit plans even prior to World War II.
C)The United Auto Workers was the first to establish such a program.
D)They came about because of the Great Depression in 1929.





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