Postal Reorganization Act

Question 1.With regard to the Postal Reorganization Act, all of the following are true EXCEPT __________.

•   the act covers workers employed by the U.S. Post Office
•   this act was passed in 1970 and was the result of a strike by postal workers
•   the act prohibits collective bargaining for wages and working conditions
•   the act provides for binding arbitration if an impasse lasts for more than 180 days

Question 2.According to the Weingarten rule, employees are allowed to have __________.

•   an investigatory interview with management
•   all requests considered by both management and labor
•   a union representative present in an investigatory meeting
•   meetings with a supervisor for their own mutual aid or protection

Question 3.Which of the following is NOT true in a right-to-work state?

•   Employers are NOT allowed to have union shops but are allowed to have union security agreements.
•   Employees not only have the right NOT to join a union, but security agreements are also prohibited.
•   Employees can opt out of joining the union.
•   Employees are not obligated to pay union dues if they are not a member.

Question 4.With regard to the Postal Reorganization Act, all of the following are true EXCEPT __________.

•   the act authorizes the National Labor Relations Board to determine proper bargaining units
•   the act authorizes the National Labor Relations Board to supervise representative elections
•   the act authorizes the National Labor Relations Board to enforce the unfair labor practices provisions
•   the act does not allow postal workers to form, join, or assist a labor organization

Question 5.In Endicott Interconnect Technologies v. NLRB, the court held __________.

•   that firing the employee who wrote a story about his place of employment was a violation of the First Amendment
•   that employees may make statements about their employer, but if the statement is untrue and the business suffers as a result, the employee can be legally fired
•   that employees may make statements about their employer and if the statement is not posted on the Internet then the employee cannot be fired
•   the right of employees to make statements about work is highly regulated and employees need to be careful about what they say, especially to one another