WGU D352 SECTION 2 EXAM 2024 WITH
100% CORRECT ANSWERS
What are the main advantages of arbitration for the employer? - correct answer✔✔ It is generally
quicker than litigation, it is confidential while court decisions are public, and the remedies available
under arbitration may be less generous than those via the courts (ie, its cheaper.)
How are agreements to arbitrate by non-union employees treated differently than agreements to
arbitrate included in CBAs? - correct answer✔✔ Union employees must file procedures established in
CBA
List the three requirements that are necessary for an arbitration agreement to be enforced - correct
answer✔✔ 1. The employee must have individually agreed to the arbitration provision
2. the arbitration must authorize the arbitrator to resolve the statutory EEO claims
3. the agreement must give the employee the right to insist in arbitration if the EEO claim is not resolved
to his or her satisfaction in any grievance procedure or dispute resolution process of the employer
Explain the main difference between mediation and arbitration. - correct answer✔✔ Arbitration is
legally binding, medication has no legal authority.
How did employers, with the help of the courts, attempt to stope early unionization efforts? - correct
answer✔✔ 1. Labor injunctions
2- Yellow Dog Contracts
3- Antitrust Laws
Labor injuntions - correct answer✔✔ Court orders requiring or prohibiting certain actions - employers
used injunctions to prevent strikes and boycotts
yellow dog contract - correct answer✔✔ Contracts some employers forced workers to sign that made
the workers promise not to join a union
, antitrust laws - correct answer✔✔ designed to protect free trade and competition - employers used
them to challenge union boycotts by seeking damages for interference with trade
What are some of the exceptions to Norris-LaGuardia? - correct answer✔✔ Does not exempt labor
disputes that spring from political protests. Does not apply to actions of unfair labor practices under
NLRA, NLRB orders, and when a union strikes over an issue that is subject to arbitration.
List and briefly describe major legislation passed during the New Deal era that governed the
employment relationship and unionization. - correct answer✔✔
Walsh-Healey Act - correct answer✔✔ Requires minimum wage and overtime be paid to employees of
federal government contracts
Merchant Marine Jones Act - correct answer✔✔ provides remedies for injures sailors
Describe factors that contributed to the decline in organized labor. - correct answer✔✔ Globalization -
the manufacturing sector was the bedrock of unionism, when is declined, organized labor inevitably
followed.
Individual employee rights where collective bargaining wasn't needed to fair conditions
List unfair labor practices by employers - correct answer✔✔ 1. Interference with, or restraint or
coercion of, employees in the exercise of their section 7 rights (to unionize)
2. Domination of, or interference with, a labor organization (including financial or other contributions to
it)
3. Discrimination in terms or conditions of employment of employees for the purpose of encouraging or
discouraging union membership
4.discrimination against employee for filing a charge or testifying in a proceeding under the act
5. Refusal to bargain collectively with the employees'' legal bargaining representative
What authority does the NLRB have when complaints are filed? - correct answer✔✔ Prosecutor, judge,
and jury--investigates, conducts hearings, and renders decisions
100% CORRECT ANSWERS
What are the main advantages of arbitration for the employer? - correct answer✔✔ It is generally
quicker than litigation, it is confidential while court decisions are public, and the remedies available
under arbitration may be less generous than those via the courts (ie, its cheaper.)
How are agreements to arbitrate by non-union employees treated differently than agreements to
arbitrate included in CBAs? - correct answer✔✔ Union employees must file procedures established in
CBA
List the three requirements that are necessary for an arbitration agreement to be enforced - correct
answer✔✔ 1. The employee must have individually agreed to the arbitration provision
2. the arbitration must authorize the arbitrator to resolve the statutory EEO claims
3. the agreement must give the employee the right to insist in arbitration if the EEO claim is not resolved
to his or her satisfaction in any grievance procedure or dispute resolution process of the employer
Explain the main difference between mediation and arbitration. - correct answer✔✔ Arbitration is
legally binding, medication has no legal authority.
How did employers, with the help of the courts, attempt to stope early unionization efforts? - correct
answer✔✔ 1. Labor injunctions
2- Yellow Dog Contracts
3- Antitrust Laws
Labor injuntions - correct answer✔✔ Court orders requiring or prohibiting certain actions - employers
used injunctions to prevent strikes and boycotts
yellow dog contract - correct answer✔✔ Contracts some employers forced workers to sign that made
the workers promise not to join a union
, antitrust laws - correct answer✔✔ designed to protect free trade and competition - employers used
them to challenge union boycotts by seeking damages for interference with trade
What are some of the exceptions to Norris-LaGuardia? - correct answer✔✔ Does not exempt labor
disputes that spring from political protests. Does not apply to actions of unfair labor practices under
NLRA, NLRB orders, and when a union strikes over an issue that is subject to arbitration.
List and briefly describe major legislation passed during the New Deal era that governed the
employment relationship and unionization. - correct answer✔✔
Walsh-Healey Act - correct answer✔✔ Requires minimum wage and overtime be paid to employees of
federal government contracts
Merchant Marine Jones Act - correct answer✔✔ provides remedies for injures sailors
Describe factors that contributed to the decline in organized labor. - correct answer✔✔ Globalization -
the manufacturing sector was the bedrock of unionism, when is declined, organized labor inevitably
followed.
Individual employee rights where collective bargaining wasn't needed to fair conditions
List unfair labor practices by employers - correct answer✔✔ 1. Interference with, or restraint or
coercion of, employees in the exercise of their section 7 rights (to unionize)
2. Domination of, or interference with, a labor organization (including financial or other contributions to
it)
3. Discrimination in terms or conditions of employment of employees for the purpose of encouraging or
discouraging union membership
4.discrimination against employee for filing a charge or testifying in a proceeding under the act
5. Refusal to bargain collectively with the employees'' legal bargaining representative
What authority does the NLRB have when complaints are filed? - correct answer✔✔ Prosecutor, judge,
and jury--investigates, conducts hearings, and renders decisions
