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40 Cards in this Set
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The members of most early unions were skilled workers
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TRUE
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The main reason for the decline of the Knights of Labor was loss of interest in unions among the workers
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FALSE
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The principal law that gave private sector workers in the United States the right to form uinions and bargain collectively is the Labor-Management Relations Act
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FALSE
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Federal government employees generally do not have the right to strike
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TRUE
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The Congress of Industrial Organizations broke away from the American Federation of Labor (AFL) because the CIO favored industrial unions and the AFL did not.
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TRUE
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One of the reasons that union membership in the United States has declined is the loss of jobs in manufacturing industries such as auto and steel
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TRUE
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Injunctions have been used by employers to prevent or discourage union activity.
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TRUE
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Firefighters and police officers almost always have the right to strike included in their contracts because it is the only way they can have any bargaining power with an employer the size of the governement
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FALSE
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While union membership has declined in the United States, it has increased in all other developed countries
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FALSE
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A union of bricklayers is an example of a craft union.
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TRUE
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Today, closed shops are generally illegal.
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TRUE
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The topics of collective bargaining negotiations are legally restricted to wages and hours of work
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FALSE
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In general, unions reduce a manager's freedom to act and make decisions
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TRUE
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Over the years, the number of strikes, the number of workers involved in strikes, and the number of days lost due to strikes in the United States have increased.
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FALSE
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As the production process becomes more automated, the effectiveness of strikes declines
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TRUE
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Compared to most developed countries in the world, union membership in the United States is
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low
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A significant feature of unions in European countries is
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their close relationship with political parties
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The most common way in which a union comes into existence at a workplace in the United States is
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the workers approve the union by majority bote in an election
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Injunctions were used widely in the past to
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stop or prevent union activity in the workplace
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The purpose of a grievance procedure is to
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ensure that disputes are settled peacefully
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The final step in a grievance procedure is
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arbitration
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Money in the union strike fund comes from
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dues paid by union members
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A strike is likely to be effective if
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it is very difficult to replace striking workers
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Unions do not favor multinational firms mainly because such firms
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can shift jobs to other countries
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Of the following industries, the highest level of union membership occurs in
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construction
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The labor policy of codetermination means that
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union members serve on the boards of directors of corporations
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In the United States the AFL-CIO
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all of the above
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All of the following are reasons why union membership has declined in most countries EXCEPT
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manufacturing industries are such a large part of a country's economy
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All of the following are legal ways an employer can discourage unions except
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discipline union sympathizers
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In recent years there has been a trend for unions and employers to cooperate because
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all of the above
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A court order that immediately stops a person or group from carrying out a specific action is an...
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Injunction
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Negotiation between union workers and their employers on issues of wages, benefits, and working conditions is _________ bargaining
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collective
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By law, German unions have representatives on the boards of directors of companies; this policy is known as _________.
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codetermination
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A workplace in which all workers must pay either union dues or a fee is a(n)________ shop.
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union
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A workplace in which workers are required to join a union before they are hired is a(n) __________ shop.
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closed
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A workplace in which workers may choose to join the union or not is a(n) ________ shop.
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Open
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The steps that must be followed to resolve a complaint by an employee, the union, or the employer is a ___________________ procedure.
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grievance
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_____________ are unbiased third parties who are called in to resolve problems.
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Arbitrator
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A ______________ occurs when employers prevent employees from entering the workplace in order to force a union to agree to certain demands
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lockout
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A __________ occurs when employees refuse to work to force an employeer to agree to certain demands.
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strike
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