Author Question: Non-union workers left work without permission because there was no heat at work and it below ... (Read 109 times)

mpobi80 · **on:** Jun 24, 2018

Non-union workers left work without permission because there was no heat at work and it below freezing in the plant. The company fired them. With respect to this joint action by the workers, you would expect the courts to hold that the workers were:
a. wrong; as non-union workers, the NLRA does not apply to them; they were at-will workers who could be fired
b. wrong; they must proceed with grievance procedures if they want to have the protection offered by theNLRA
c. right; in case of intolerable working conditions workers have the right to protect themselves without being fired
d. right; the NLRA holds management responsible for fair working conditions e. none of the other choices

Question 2

Protected concerted activities under the NLRA, that covers all workers, unionized or not, include:
a. refusal to work because of unreasonable hazards
b. refusal to work in freezing conditions without protection c. refusal to work due to conditions that endanger health
d. refusal to work in freezing conditions without protection and refusal to work due to conditions that endanger health
e. refusal to work in freezing conditions without protection and refusal to work due to conditions that endanger health and refusal to work because of unreasonable hazards