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1.
 Which of the following best describes Collective Bargaining?
a. Art
b. Science
c. Both
2.
 How many parties are there in collective bargaining?
 
a. Two
b. Three
c. Five
d. Multiple
3.
 Under the National Labor Relations Act, the Employer cannot legally replace economic strikers.
 
a. True
b. False
4.
 How many stages are there in collective bargaining?
 
a. Two
b. Three
c. Five
d. As many as necessary
5.
 Of the following, which is the most important characteristic for a negotiator to have in bargaining?
 
a. Knowledge of the subject matter
b. Status, rank or authority in the organization
c. Open-mindedness
d. Integrity
e. Patience
f. Previous negotiating experience
g. Understanding of each party’s wants and needs
h. All of the above
6.
 What is the role of a mediator?
 
a. Judge
b. Advisor to Union
c. Third Party
d. Neutral
7.
 The only purpose of a strike is to punish the Employer.
 
a. True
b. False
8.
 A fair contract incorporates what elements?
 
a. Membership wants and needs
b. Economic factors
c. Cost of Living adjustment
d. Good benefits
9.
 What is an example of “front loading?”
 
a. Concentrating wage increases in the first years of a multiple year contract.
b. Freight jargon referring to loading procedures for certain items.
c. Placing certain workers in the front of a picket or strike line.
d. Putting wage rates on the first page of the contract, so members won’t have to read through it.
10.
 Why are economic demands held until the latter stages of bargaining?
a. So as not to shock the employer
b. They are not known in the early stages of bargaining
c. Contract gains will not be achieved if economics are rolled out too early.
d. Because no one likes to talk about money
11.
 Which is more important – contract language improvements or more money?
 
a. Contract language
b. More money
c. Neither
d. Both - based on what is reasonable and what the members want and need
12.
 What is Ratification?
 
a. When a committee member divulges confidential information
b. The contract proposal is developed and sold to the membership
c. A tentative agreement is reached and brought to the members for a vote
d. All of the above
13.
 When negotiating a first agreement, the committee should always:
 
a. Do anything to reach agreement. Terms don’t matter
b. Secure fundamental agreements on wages, hours and working conditions
c. Aim for more money
d. Trade benefits away. You can’t get them in first contracts, anyway.
14.
 Who serves on the bargaining committee of a national master agreement?
 
a. Anyone with spare time
b. A representative sampling of experienced Teamster leaders and activists
c. Lawyers
d. IBT Staff Members
e. Senior Stewards
15.
 In the public sector, contracts are rarely settled favorably.
 
a. True
b. False
16.
 In the public sector, most contracts have to be submitted to binding arbitration.
 
a. True
b. False
17.
 What is the largest single employer under contract with the Teamsters Union?
 
a. State of California Correctional Department
b. Motor Freight Carriers Association
c. United Parcel Service
d. Federal government
e. Anheuser-Busch
f. Costco
g. Yellow Freight Systems
h. General Electric Company
18.
 An example of “bad faith bargaining” is:
 
a. Refusing to meet at a convenient time or place
b. Simply saying “No” to everything without justification or a counterproposal
c. Assigning negotiators with no authority to bargain
d. Refusing to provide requested (relevant) information to the other party
e. All of the Above
19.
 In Canada, collective bargaining is governed by (select the ones that best answer the question):
 
a. Local Law
b. Provincial Labour Law
c. Federal Labour Law
20.
 The single largest employer in Teamsters Canada is
 
a. Unilever Canada
b. Toronto Municipal Workers
c. Purolator Courier
d. None of the above.
21.
 Airline industry contracts have no expiration date.
 
a. True
b. False
22.
 Due to high density, contracts in the airline industry are easy to achieve.
a. True
b. False

 



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