Labor Organization and Economic Systems Quiz

The strength of any labor organization depends on which of the following?

Which two of the following were reasons markets and firms expanded?

___________- buying so much of a product that the price decreases because you're making the seller more money by buying so much that he cuts a deal.

What gives you the greatest economic output?

The 8-hr Work Day Movement was created to decrease overall employment.

_______- A federation of unions that each independently represented a unique skilled craft or occupation.

Which of the following concepts does NOT reflect the American Federation of Labor?

This historical figure related to the American Federation of Labor believed in living within the capitalistic system.

_______- Struck the national railroads to put pressure on the Pullman company to reach an agreement with the union.

_______- Placed federal mail on the trains and obtained an injunction prohibiting the union from interfering with the trains.

_______- statement by legal authority stating you need to stop doing this and start doing this or else you will go to jail.

An example of _______ is when a union leader comes to a boss and says - employees are upset we might have a strike - employer says what can I do to make you hold it off - let me use your cabin in the summer.

Sweetheart contracts are legal.

Initial goal of __________ was to overthrow the capitalist system by any means necessary.

The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) failed to establish an effective organization for which of the following reasons?

What was the purpose of government contracts during wartime?

Why did unions oppose immigration?

Open or Closed Shop: union controls who is hired by the employer - must be in union to be employed.

Open or Closed Shop: company controls who is hired and fired - doesn't have to be in union to be employed.

Employers wanted __________ because it meant workers did not have to be or become members of a union to get or keep a job.

Unions wanted __________ because it is an agreement requiring that an individual must be a member of the union before being hired by the employer.

Which of the following is a factor contributing to Labor's Inability to Overcome Anti-Union Sentiment?

Which two organizations joined together when production workers (semi and lower skilled) were becoming an increasingly larger percentage of the labor force?

Most AFL Unions were open to inclusion of production workers in their unions and the AFL.

Who was the leader of the Congress of Industrial Organizations?

AFL unions expelled for dual unionism (in support of industrial unions) formed the _____________.

What was the strongest piece of legislation affecting unions?

Which President became very friendly towards the unions because they helped the workers?

Which President tried to balance out the changes of employee attitudes due to the Wagner Act?

Which of the following factors accounting for the CIO's success is directly related to the Great Depression?

When was union involvement at its height?

Union involvement has been increasing since the end of WWII.

Development of organized labor is aimed at both white collar AND public-sector employees.

"As an employee, I can quit anytime I see fit - employer can fire anytime they want to" is an example of ________.

An example of ________ is if you want to work for Walmart - if I hire you, you promise you will not join a union - you can't make any under the table deals.

This document said: in America no organization can do anything which would interfere with the flow of commerce - nothing should get in the way of business doing business whether it's starting a business, buying or selling.

• boycott - flow of commerce - price fixing are all relative to which of the following?

Which of the following was originally intended to prevent the restraint of trade by regulating business monopolies?

__________- government agency that we pay with our tax dollars to oversee unions.

According to this, workers' rights are protected by law with or without a union. Employees can do certain things such as small boycotts.

A shortcoming of the Norris-La Guardia Act of 1932 was that there were no regulatory agency designated to enforce the act.

Which of the following is not a part of the Wagner Act?

Union power growing to the point that it was damaging the public was a main reason for the re-balancing of which Act?

Although there were revisions to the Taft-Hartley Act, 3rd party strikes, sympathy strikes, and boycotts remained legal.

An example of _______ is that the union would rather have more people working to increase their numbers although the positions could be filled by a single person.

Which shop requires mandatory union membership?

Which shop requires union membership by employee choice?

Which shop requires employees to pay only for representation?

This Act was passed to protect union member rights and ensure union democracy by - Required secret-ballot elections of union officers, Required union membership approval in setting dues and levying assessments, Set federal financial reporting requirements for unions.

A main function of the NLRB was to interpret and administer the __________.

The Railway Labor Act of 1926 originally covered only railway employees but was later amended to include airlines.

Which of the following was a result of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978?

_________- requires union and employer cooperation to avoid bankruptcy filings and the alteration of contracts.

_________- requires employers to notify employees and communities of major workforce reductions.

Unions are in favor of WARN.

Which act questions if you're going to lay off a certain number of people - in one swoop - you must give them something such as 90 days notice - what will happen to those employees' productivity?

_________- relocating, illegal acts, refusal to bargain, decertification, and filing for bankruptcy.

_________- positive human resources management.

Strategies to avoid a union are good wages and benefits, empowerment, participative rights.

_________- company paternalism, company-sponsored employee organizations, forms of employee participation and involvement.

If a state is a non-right to work state - if there is a union at the company then employees are not required to join that union.

Which of the following is a main way to avoid unionization?

Chamber of commerce represents the interests of all businesses but itself is NOT a business.

Unions are organized similar to businesses - more republican.

What is the biggest union in the United States?

__________- Employers hire only employees referred by the union if the union can supply enough qualified workers.

__________- Union employees are given employment preference over nonemployees when a new facility is opened.

_________- The hall is required to refer both union members and nonmembers in a nondiscriminatory manner.

_________- Yearly union membership fees are automatically deducted from union employees' paychecks by the employer.

Union Security is the same as Job Security.

The average pay is LOWER in non-right to work states.

Is Union Governance more or less democratic than the U.S. system of government? Example: National Conventions?