Description Labor organizers seek specific information about the employer's financial health, supervisory styles, and organizational policies and practices. Each sude seeks employment conditions favorable to its position. Two purposes of this step are (a) to identify employees who can help the organizer direct the campaign and (b) to establish communication chains that reach all employees. In this step, signatures are obtained on authorization cards. In this step, the organizer seeks a government-sponsored election. You have just been hired as an HR director for a mid-sized chain of women's clothing stores. Today, your CEO came to you and said, "I'm worried we might be having some issues with our employees. Yesterday at lunch, 1 overheard several of them talking about the fact that they weren't making as much money as the retail clerks for other stores in the mall. In addition, I've had three e-mails in the last month from employees complaining about their managers. What can 1 do to prevent my employees from unionizing?" Which of the following would you suggest that your CEO do if he wants to prevent unionization? Check all that apply. Do a survey of employees to find out how they feel about the company. Make sure that employee working conditions are the best they con be. Have good lighting, ergonomic cash registers, and a nonhostile work environment. Choose three employees and have them create a "listening committee" so you can find out what employees are saying when you are not around, Do mostly outside hixing. By bringing in new employees, you are likely to create a more positive work environment. Unorganized workers elect to unionize for several reasons. Complote the following table by matching the reasons for unionization with the given descriptions: Kimmy Jordan, housekeeper for Holiday Inn Hotel, indicates the contradiction between the contract and the employee handbonk Kimrrin says the handbook didn't agree with what the union was about. As a member of the union, Kirnmy has which of the following? A revocable contract An expliot contract An implicit contract A constructive contract Baudry Bonds, cook for Macaroni Gnil and shop steward, says that if a person had smoked weed 3 days ago and it shows up in their test today, he considers that an invasion of privacy. From this statement, Bsudry Bonds's criticism of drug testing most likely correlates with which of the following? Drug test samples can be improperly handled. The type of drug test may be inappropriate. Drug tests do not reveal whether a person is currently under the influence of a drug. Drug testing does not make the workplace safer. Use your knowledpe of strategies for ahemative dispute resolution to answer the following question. The director of HR at a medical devices firm has hired you as an HR consultant to help the company develop o peer-feview dispute resolution procedure to resolve employee complaints. What would you recommend to your client about the specifics of the peer-review system? Employee members of the commatee serve rotating terms, but management members hold permanent, non rotating positions. Emplovee members of the peet review committee serve 5 year terms while managers serve 10 -year terms. Lmployee and management representatives on the peer-review committee thould serve rotating terms. tmployee and management members of the peer review committee all serve in permanent, non rotating positions. Use your knowledpe of strategies for altemative dispute resolution to answer the following question. The director of HR at a medical devices firm has hired you as an HR consultant to help the company develop a peer - teview dispute resolution procedure to resolve employee complaints. What would you recommend to yout client about the specifics of the peer-review system? Employee members of the commitee serve rotating terms, but management members hold permanent, non-rotating positions. Employee members of the peer reven committee serve 5 -year terms while managers serve 10 -year terms. Employee and management representatives on the peer-review committee should serve rotating terms. Employee and management members of the peer-fevew commatee all serve in permanent, non-fotating positions. Use your knowledge of alternative dispute resolution to answer the following question. The director of HR at a public relations firm has hired you as an HR consultant to help the company develop a step-review dispute resolution procedure to resolve employee complaints. What would you recommend to your client about the specifics of the step-review system? Employee complaints can be submitted verbally as well as in writing. The employee submitting a complaint must meet with his/her immediate supervisor as the first step in the process. Every employee complaint has to be formalized as a written statement. Managers can take as long as they want to respond to a complaint in the step review system