English (Guide)

Question 1

What do American workers celebrate on labor day?

Answer 1

Americans celebrate and honor the achievements of the American workforce

Question 2

Define the word income

Answer 2

It’s the money that an employee earns, weekly or monthly

Question 3

What kind of protections and benefits a worker must get from his employer?

Answer 3

Greater job security, extra pay for overtime work, paid vacations, sick leave, health insurance, pension plans, and safe, sanitary working conditions

Question 4

What’s a union of workers?

Answer 4

Is a group of workers doing the same general type of work (a craft union) or employed in the same industry (an industrial union)

Question 5

Mention 3 different unions or industries that have unions

Answer 5

Miners, musicians, public employees (teachers, police officers)

Question 6

Unions are democratic institutions. How do they make decisions?

Answer 6

Decisions are determined by a majority vote of the membership

Question 7

Write 3 gains that unions have made for the US workers

Answer 7

Greater job security, higher wages and health insurance

Question 8

Thanks to federal laws, workers must NOT be discriminated by

Answer 8

their race, religion, sex, age, or physical disability

Question 9

What’s the currently minimum wage in the US?

Answer 9

$7.25 in 2020 since 2009

Question 10

What kind of jobs can children hold?

Answer 10

Children are allowed to work part time to deliver newspaper or work as entertainers

Question 11

What happens when a strike occurs?

Answer 11

Union members decide not to return work

Question 12

What’s the purpose of a strike?

Answer 12

Achieve the union’s goals. That the employer gives in to some or all of their demands

Question 13

What’s the difference between a blue collar job and a white collar job?

Answer 13

Blue collar workers are those whose jobs are mostly physical, and white collar jobs are those whose jobs are mostly in office.