e - ANS The strength of any labor organization depends on which of the following?
A. Its organizational and financial stability (Management)
B. Its ability to work within political and economic systems
C. The support/non support of legislation, the media, and public opinion
D. Satisfyin...
e - ANS The strength of any labor organization depends on which of the following?
A. Its organizational and financial stability (Management)
B. Its ability to work within political and economic systems
C. The support/non support of legislation, the media, and public opinion
D. Satisfying member goals and interests
E. All of the above
b d - ANS Which two of the following were reasons markets and firms expanded?
A. increased competition created pressure to minimize wages
B. new mass-production technologies were created (factories)
C. movement from rural to urban areas caused labor surpluses
D. improved road and rail transportation systems
c - ANS ___________-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.
A. strategies of the knights of labor
B. economic prosperity
C. buyer cooperatives
D. capitalism
a - ANS What gives you the greatest economic output?
A. capitalism
B. socialism
C. industrialism
D. none of the above
f - ANS T or F: The 8-hr Work Day Movement was created to decrease overall employment
b - ANS _______- A federation of unions that each independently represented a unique
skilled craft or occupation (electricians, plumbers, carpenters, etc.)
A. The capitalistic system
B. The American Federation of Labor
C. The American Railway Union
D. The Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
, d - ANS Which of the following concepts does NOT reflect the American Federation of
Labor?
A. Decentralized authority
B. Endorsed the use of economic pressure tactics, including strikes
C. Utilized a "pure and simple" approach to unionism within the capitalistic system; did not adopt
a social reform agenda
D. Focused on moving away from the use of collective bargaining to settle labor disputes
c - ANS This historical figure related to the American Federation of Labor believed in living
within the capitalistic system
A. William Howard Taft
B. Hartley
C. Samuel Gompers
D. Eugene Debs
a - ANS _______- Struck the national railroads to put pressure on the Pullman company to
reach an agreement with the union.
A. The American Railway Union
B. Railroad Owners
b - ANS _______- Placed federal mail on the trains and obtained an injunction prohibiting
the union from interfering with the trains.
A. The American Railway Union
B. Railroad Owners
c - ANS _______- statement by legal authority stating you need to stop doing this and start
doing this or else you will go to jail.
A. cease and desist
B. sweetheart contracts
C. injunction
D. none of the above
b - ANS 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
A. cease and desist
B. sweetheart contracts
C. injunction
D. none of the above
f - ANS T or F: Sweetheart contracts are legal
a - ANS Initial goal of __________ was to overthrow the capitalist system by any means
necessary.
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