Answer the following in 500 words:
1. Arguing in favor of right-to-work laws, a publication of the National Association of Manufacturers has expressed the view that "no argument for compulsory unionism-however persuasive-can possibly justify invasion of the right of individual choice." Do you agree or disagree? Why?
2. "From the viewpoint of providing maximum justice to all concerned, the agency shop constitutes the optimum union security arrangement." To what extent, if any, do you agree with this statement?
3. "Good unions don't need compulsory unionism. Bad unions don't deserve compulsory unionism." Comment.
4. Evaluate the opinion of a former Steelworker Union president that "nothing could be worse than to have ... management appease the union, and nothing could be
worse than to have the union appease management." Relate your remarks to the areas of management rights and union security.
5. Even though the closed shop has been illegal in interstate commerce since 1947 (except in the construction industry). should it be? Why or why not?
6. If you were a top manager engaged in contract bargaining with a union, which theory of management rights would you pursue-the residual theory or the trusteeship theory? Why?
7. How sympathetic are you to the statement of a former General Motors chairman that offering a union leader a seat on GM's board of directors made -as much sense as having a member of GM's management sitting on the board of an international union"? Explain.