Employer Interference with Organizing Quiz


   By the Numbers
 

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1.
What percentage of the public knows that most employers oppose unions?

a. 44%
b. 67%
c. 80%
2.
What percent of union members know that most employers oppose unions?
 
a. 50%
b. 65%
c. 85%
3.
In reality, ___ of employers actively oppose their workers’ efforts to join unions.
 
a. 50%
b. 75%
c. 90%
4.
What percentage of union members know that some employers require their workers to attend anti-union meetings during organizing campaigns?
 
a. 20%
b. 40%
c. 60%
5.
What percentage of employers requires workers to attend anti-union meetings?
 
a. 50%
b. 75%
c. 92%
6.
What percentage of union members know that many supervisors actively urge workers to vote against the union?
 
a. 22%
b. 50%
c. 70%
7.
During union organizing campaigns ___ of employers force their workers to attend mandatory “one-on-one anti-union meetings with management.
 
a. 40%
b. 65%
c. 78%
8.
In addition ____ of employers hire “union-busters” to thwart union organizing campaigns.
 
a. 30%
b. 75%
c. 28%
9.
What percentage of employers illegally fire at least one worker for union activity?
 
a. 44%
b. 25%
c. 95%
10.
What percentage of employers threatens to call the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) during organizing campaigns involving undocumented workers?

a. 10%
b. 52%
c. 25%
11.
What percentage of employers threatens to partially or fully close the plant if the union wins?
 
a. 51%
b. 45%
c. 90%
12.
In fact, only ___ of employers actually close their plants once the union wins the election.
 
a. 35%
b. 10%
c. 1%
13.
What percentage of union elections fail when the employer threatens to close the plant during organizing campaigns?
 
a. 44%
b. 75%
c. 20%
14.
Actually, ___ of union elections succeed when the employer does not threaten to close if the union wins.
 
a. 51%
b. 15%
c. 100%
15.
If a worker is fired during an organizing campaign, it takes an average of ___ for the National Labor Relations Board and a federal appeals court to hear the case and compel the employer to rehire the worker.
 
a. Six Months
b. 14 Months
c. Three Years
  BONUS ROUNDS
16.
How many non-union American workers wish that they could join a union?
 
a. 42 Million
b. 615,000
c. 75 Million
17.
What percentage of non-union workers would join a union if they could do so freely?
 
a. 25%
b. 50%
c. 75%
18.
What is the total percentage (public and private) of American workers who belong to a union?
 
a. 25.6%
b. 9.11%
c. 13.5%
  EXTRA BONUS ROUNDS
19.
Name the most significant union in the United States in terms of running more organizing campaigns, negotiating strong contracts and influencing public policy.
 
a. International Brotherhood of Teamsters
b. National Workers Union
c. International Association of Professional Technicians



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