PHR Question #153: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is C. A union may expand upon its primary picketing activity to include employers who are allies of the. The ally doctrine in labor law permits a union to extend its picketing activities beyond the primary employer to include neutral employers who have become allies of the struck employer.

Question

As an HR Professional you should be familiar with the terminology, practices, and rules governing union-based strikes. What is the ally doctrine?

Options

AA union may expand upon its primary picketing activity to include employees who are allies of the
BEmployers cannot force friends, colleagues, and family members into joining a union picket. Allies
CA union may expand upon its primary picketing activity to include employers who are allies of the
DA union may serve as an ally to another striking union by allowing their members to join the picket

Explanation

The ally doctrine in labor law permits a union to extend its picketing activities beyond the primary employer to include neutral employers who have become allies of the struck employer.

Common mistakes.

A. The doctrine applies to neutral employers, not individual employees; unions do not gain the right to picket individual employees of unrelated companies under this doctrine.
B. This describes a coercion protection concept unrelated to the ally doctrine, which specifically concerns the legal expansion of picketing scope to associated businesses.
D. This describes inter-union solidarity or support, not the ally doctrine, which addresses when a union may lawfully picket a neutral third-party employer.

Concept tested. Union ally doctrine and secondary picketing rights

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