Chapter 27

Question 1

Labor unions did not become traditional or popular institutions until the

Answer 1

B. 1940’s

Question 2

The predecessor to the AFL was the

Answer 2

B. Knights of Labor

Question 3

The national Labor RElations Act (or Wagner Act) was passed in

Answer 3

C. 1935

Question 4

The _____ Act allows states to enact “right-to -work” laws.

Answer 4

C. Taft-Hartley

Question 5

A “bill of rights” for union memebers and a provision of union election proedures were two of the main provisions of the ______ Act.

Answer 5

C. Landrum-Griffin

Question 6

“Right-to-work” laws

Answer 6

A. make it harder for unions to organize

Question 7

Which statement is true?
A. Most US workers are members of labor unions.
B. Union memebership has been hurt in recent decades by the decline in manufacturing.
C. The union movement is most powerful in the South.
D. None of these

Answer 7

B. Union memebership has been hurt in recent decades by the decline in manufacturing.

Question 8

Which statement is false?
A. Unions have raised wages
B. Unions provide a measure of job security.
C. A union may have to call a strike sometimes just to maintain credibility with its membership and the public
D. None of these

Answer 8

D. None of these

Question 9

Each of these is an industrial union except

Answer 9

D. the musicians’ union

Question 10

The act that suppored union organizing was the

Answer 10

A. National Labor Relations Act

Question 11

The job of _____ is to impose a settlement

Answer 11

A. an arbitrator

Question 12

Most strikes

Answer 12

B. Cause little economic disruption

Question 13

The ____Act supported union organizing while the ____ Act protected “employers’ rights”

Answer 13

D. Wagner;Taft-Hartley

Question 14

At its peak labor union memebership was about_____% of the labor force.

Answer 14

B. 25

Question 15

The establishment of the “right-to-work laws came about with the passage of the

Answer 15

B. Taft-Hartley Act

Question 16

Statement I: One reason unions have declined as a percent of the workforce is that workers have shifted from manufacturing to service industries, which are harder to organize.

Answer 16

C. Both are true.

Question 17

______Act set forth a list of “employers’ rights”.

Answer 17

C. The Taft-HArley, but not the National Labor Relations

Question 18

You are most likely to be a union memeber if you

Answer 18

C. are a government employee

Question 19

The number of labor union memebers reached its peak in the decade of the

Answer 19

C. 1970’s

Question 20

Which statement is true?
A. Most strikes caue serious economic disruptions
B. The threat of a strike provides the motivation necessary to make collective bargaining work.
C. Most labor unions enter collective bargaining hoping for a strike.
D. None of the choices is true.

Answer 20

B. The threat of a strike provides the motivation necessary to make collective bargaining work.

Question 21

An example of an exclusive union would be

Answer 21

B. the Professional Air Traffice Controllers Organization

Question 22

The year that had the worst strikes was

Answer 22

C. 1946

Question 23

A closed shop

Answer 23

A. is and arrangement unions have with employers limiting employment to union members only.

Question 24

A. union composed of memebers with the same trade or occupation is called

Answer 24

D. a craft union

Question 25

Which statement is true?
A.Both the Taft-Hartley and Wagner Acts are viewed as pro-labor.
B. .Both the Taft-Hartley and Wagner Acts are viewed as Anti-labor.
C. The Taft-Hartley Act is viewed as pro-labor and the Wagner Act is viewed as anti-labor.
D. The Taft-Hartley Act is viewed as anti-labor and the Wagner Act is viewed as pro-labor.

Answer 25

D. The Taft-Hartley Act is viewed as anti-labor and the Wagner Act is viewed as pro-labor.