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A union is performing a jurisdictional strike in front of a construction site. What is a jurisdictional strike?

The correct answer is A. It is a strike through which the union seeks to pressurize an employer to assign a particular work to. This question tests the definition of a jurisdictional strike, which is a labor action used to pressure an employer over which union's members should perform a specific type of work.

Employee and Labor Relations

Question

A union is performing a jurisdictional strike in front of a construction site. What is a jurisdictional strike?

Options

  • AIt is a strike through which the union seeks to pressurize an employer to assign a particular work to
  • BIt is a strike through which the union seeks to pressurize an employer to agree to the terms ofa
  • CIt is a strike through which the union seeks to pressurize an employer to agree to the terms of a
  • DIt is a strike through which the union seeks to pressurize an employer to assign all work to its

How the community answered

(35 responses)
  • A
    83% (29)
  • B
    6% (2)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    9% (3)

Why each option

This question tests the definition of a jurisdictional strike, which is a labor action used to pressure an employer over which union's members should perform a specific type of work.

AIt is a strike through which the union seeks to pressurize an employer to assign a particular work toCorrect

A jurisdictional strike occurs when a union strikes to pressure an employer to assign a particular type of work to members of their union rather than to members of a competing union or to non-union workers. It arises from disputes between two or more unions over which group has the right to perform specific job tasks, and is governed under Section 10(k) of the National Labor Relations Act.

BIt is a strike through which the union seeks to pressurize an employer to agree to the terms ofa

Striking to pressure an employer to agree to contract terms describes a recognitional or economic strike, not a jurisdictional one.

CIt is a strike through which the union seeks to pressurize an employer to agree to the terms of a

This choice is a near-duplicate of B and similarly describes a contract-terms dispute rather than a work-assignment dispute.

DIt is a strike through which the union seeks to pressurize an employer to assign all work to its

Demanding that all work be assigned to one union is an overly broad description and does not capture the specific inter-union work-assignment dispute that defines a jurisdictional strike.

Concept tested: Definition and purpose of a jurisdictional strike under NLRA

Source: https://www.nlrb.gov/about-nlrb/what-we-do/jurisdictional-standards

Topics

#jurisdictional strike#labor unions#work assignment#collective action

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