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The authors suggest that unions developed primarily in response to: purposeful mistreatment by employer the inability of perindustrial workers to be self-sufficient dependency of worker on factory owners as a result of indus trialization attempts by employer to achieve an eight-hour day Approximately what percentage of U.S. workers were: union members :n 2008? 6% 11% 22% 31% Of the countries listed in the text, union membership as a percent of the labor force in 2003 was greatest in: the United States Japan Canada Sweden Which one of the following is generally not associated with relatively high levels of unionization? Services Public administration African Americans Blue-collar workers As of 2008. which of the following U.S. industries was less than 10% unionized? transportation, information, and public utilities public administration wholesale and retail trade construction As of 2008. which of the following U.S. industries was more than 30% unionized? mining construction wholesale and retail trade public administration White-collar workers: are just as likely is blue-collar workers to be union members are less likely to unionize because unionization may be an obstacle to their ambitions are more likely to unionize because the potential gains from unionization are larger are exempt from most labor legislation Women are much less likely to be union members than men. This is: because women are more likely to be in less-unionized industries and occupations because women have fundamentally different attitudes about unions because unions are legally allowed to discriminate against women not true Lower-paid workers potentially have more to gain from unionization. This fact explains why: women are more likely to be unionized than men Southerners are more likely to be unionized than Northerners Public-sector workers are more likely to be unionized than private- sector workers African Americans are more likely to be unionized thin whites Unions are most prevalent in the: urban north nonindustrial southwest c. urban south suburban east Of the following, union membership is highest in: Florida Michigan Colorado Arkansas In which industry is the relatively high extent of unionism and union membership growth explained by the favorable legislative climate of the 1960s and 1970s? Finance, insurance and real estate Wholesale and retail trade Transportation, communication and public utilities Public Administration Which of the following is affiliated with Change to Win? Steelworkers Postal workers Firefighters Teamsters An example of a union federation is the: American Medical Association Air Line Pilots Association United Auto Workers AFL-CIO The level of union organization that is most likely to lobby congress for legislation that prohibits the hiring of permanent strikebreakers is the: federation stale union national union local union The level of union organization that is most likely to "organize the unorganized" is the: federation national union stale union local union Which of the following is not a major responsibility of a national union? organizing workers in its craft or industry negotiating collective bargaining agreements handling grievance procedures settling jurisdictional disputes The local union has primary responsibility for: organizing workers in its craft or industry negotiating collective bargaining agreements handling grievance procedures settling jurisdictional disputes Negotiating a contract with a firm and using that contract as a basis for demands made of other employers is an example of: pattern bargaining collective bargaining coercive bargaining multiemployer bargaining Negotiating a contract with a group of firms in an industry is an example of: pattern bargaining collective bargaining persuasive bargaining multiemployer bargaining. If there are many employer in a localized market, multiemployer bargaining: benefits firms but not unions benefits unions but not firms benefits both firms and unions benefits neither firms nor unions Pattern bargaining is widely used in which industry? Fanning Construction Trucking Automotive Compared to the 1950s, current union membership as a percent of the labor force in the U.S. is: the sime :n the private sector and higher in the public sector lower in the private sector and higher in the public sector the sime in the private sector and lower in the public sector lower in the private sector and lower in the public sector As a percentage of the U.S. labor force, union membership peaked :n the 1940s at approximately: 19% 34% 47% 63% Union membership as a percentage of the labor force in the U.S: peaked in the 1920s has fallen since the 1960s. although the absolute number of union members has continuously increased has fallen since the 1960s. including a decline in the absolute number of union members since 1980 increased steadily since the 1880s Which one of the following hypotheses is not generally gisen as an explanation of the change in relative union membership? managerial-opposition hypothesis union-growth hypothesis structural-change hypothesis substitution hypothesis "The industry mix of national output has changed from manufacturing to services." This fact is most consistent with the: managerial-opposition hypothesis union-growth hypothesis structural-change hypothesis substitution hypothesis Over the last few decades, the composition of the labor force has changed to include a greater proportion of women and younger workers. This fart is most consistent with the: managerial-opposition hypothesis union-growth hypothesis structural-change hypothesis substitution hypothesis Over the last few decades, industrial production has shifted from the Northeast and Midwest to the South and Southwest regions of the U.S. This fact is most consistent with the: managerial-opposition hypothesis union-growth hypothesis structural-change hypothesis substitution hypothesis According to research by Neumann and Rissman. many government programs provide "union- like" services, which has contributed to the decline of unionization. Their findings illustrate the: managerial-opposition hypothesis union-growth hypothesis structural-change hypothesis substitution hypothesis

Explanation / Answer

1.a

2.c

3.a

4.d

5.b

6.d

7.a

8.c

9.c

10.d

11.b

12.a

13.c

14.d

15.b

16.b

17.b

18.a

19.c

20.d

21.b

22.a

23.b

24.d

25.c

26.b

27.a

28.d

29.d

30.b

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