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Prior to the 1930s, union membership growth was relatively: slow, clue to the use of blacklisting, injunctions, and yellow dog contracts slow, due to the widespread use of lockouts and strikebreakers authorized under the Norris-LaGuardia act rapid, due to the favorable court treatment of union activity provided by passage of the Sherman Act of 1890 rapid, due to favorable court interpretations concerning workers' property rights "Yellow-dog contracts": were used by employers to restrict union membership require workers to join a union as a condition of continued employment were upheld by the Taft-Hartley Act were outlawed by the Landrum-Griffin Act A court order to prevent actions such as picketing, striking, and boycotting is called a(n): yellow-dog contract blacklist lockout injunction The "twin rights" of labor (self-organization and collective bargaining) were guaranteed by the: Fair Labor Standards Act Wagner Act Taft-Hartley Act Landrum-Griffin Act Of the following laws, which one contributed most to union membership? Landrum-Griffin Act Norris-LaGuardia Act Sherman Act Taft-Hartley Act Which of the following outlawed company unions? Fair Labor Standards Act Wagner Act Taft-Hartley Act Landrum-Griffin Act Which of the following gave states the option to pass so-called "right-to-work" laws? Fair Labor Standards Act Wagner Act Taft-Hartley Act Landrum-Griffin Act Public sector union growth was most encouraged by: the Wagner Act the Taft-Hartley Act The Landrum-Griffin Act a series of executive orders and state laws recognizing the rights of public sector workers to organize According to the Taft-Hartley Act, which of the following is not an unfair labor practice by unions? Striking a company over a jurisdictional dispute with another union Striking a company as a means of trying to obtain a collective bargaining agreement with that firm Striking a company to show sympathy for another union in obtaining employer recognition Setting excessive union dues The Landrum-Griffin Act: established unfair labor practices by employers declared yellow-dog contracts unenforceable outlawed the closed shop required regularly scheduled elections of union officers Which one of the following laws most dramatically increased union bargaining power? Sherman Act Wagner Act Taft-Hartley Act Landrum-Griffin Act The prohibition of secondary boycotts: reduced management's bargaining power by reducing the union's cost of disagreeing reduced management's bargaining power by reducing management's cost of disagreeing increased management's bargaining power by increasing the union's cost of disagreeing increased management's bargaining power by increasing management's cost of disagreeing Which of the following increased management's bargaining power? Limiting the use of injunctions to enjoin a strike Limiting the use of "hot-cargo" clauses Limiting the use of "yellow-dog" contracts Creation of the National Labor Relations Review Board Which of the following established unfair labor practices by unions? Norris-LaGuardia Act Taft-Hartley Act Wagner Act Landrum-Griffin Act Which of the following established unfair labor practices by employers? Norris-LaGuardia Act Taft-Hartley Act Wagner Act Landrum-Griffin Act According to the Wagner Act, which of the following is not an unfair labor practice by employers? Firing an employee who joins or sympathizes with a union Establishing a company union erfering with union organizing activity Failing to reach a collective bargaining agreement after bargaining in good faith Which one of the following required unions to hold regularly scheduled elections of union officers? Norris-LaGuardia Act Taft-Hartley Act Wagner Act Landrum-Griffin Act The federally mandated minimum wage: is adjusted each year by an act of Congress to account for inflation typically falls in value owing to inflation until periodically adjusted by Congress is adjusted automatically whenever its inflation-adjusted value falls below its original value established in 1938 is substantially below its original 1938 value in real terms because of the effect of inflation A majority of the workers earning the minimum wage: are males are females work full-time are teenagers Questions 20 - 22 refer to the diagram below, which shows a competitive low-wage labor market: Consider the diagram. Suppose the government establishes a minimum wage of $7.00 in this market. Employment would decline by _____ workers and unemployment would increase by _____ workers. 20,20 20,35 35,20 35,35 Consider the diagram. Suppose the government establishes a minimum wage of $7.00 in this market. Which of the following is a true statement? Demand is elastic over the relevant range, so that total wage income rises Demand is elastic over the relevant range, so that total wage income falls Demand is inelastic over the relevant range, so that total wage income rises Demand is inelastic over the relevant range, so that total wage income falls Consider the diagram. Suppose the government establishes a minimum wage of $7.00 in this market. If all displaced workers subsequently contribute an amount equal to their next most productive employment, the net loss of domestic output is: $ 17.50 $40 $50 $75 A monopsonist is currently paying its 1.000 workers $5.00 per hour. However, its marginal wage cost is $6.00 per hour. If the government sets a minimum wage of $5.50, then: employment at this firm will rise employment at this firm will fall employment at this firm will be unaffected employment at this firm will rise but the firm's total wage bill will fall Increases in the minimum wage tend to: increase both formal schooling and general on-the-job training increase formal schooling and reduce general on-the-job training reduce formal schooling and increase general on-the-job training reduce both formal schooling and general on-the-job training Queutions 25 - 27 refer to the following diagram. Suppose this labur markel is competitive, so that the wage rale is W2 and employment is Q3. If W* is imposed as the minimum wage, then employment in this market: will rise will fall Will remain the same may or may not change; more information is required Suppose this labur market is monopsonistic, so that the wage is W1 and employment is Q1. If W* is imposed as Lhe minimum wage. then employment in this market: will rise to Q2 will fall will rise to Q4 will remain the same Suppose this firm is a perfectly discriminating monopsonist. If W* is imposai as the minimum wage. then: employment will rise from Q1 to Q2 employment will fall from Q3.to Q1 employment will fall from Q3 to Q2 employment will be unaffected Examining evidence on the impacts of increases in state minimum wages in New Jersey and California, Card and Krueger found: substantial reductions in employment particularly among teens no increases in wages of low-wage workers, because employees flouted the law no evidence of reductions in employment pour quality of the dala collected by Neumark and Wascher Which one of the following claims concerning the minimum wage is generally supported by empirical evidence? The minimum wage has only a minor impact on the overall degree of income inequality The minimum wage has increased teenage employment as a result of the shook effect Union members suffer the greatest negative impacts of the minimum wage The reduction in teen employment due to the minimum wage is less than the increase in unemployment

Explanation / Answer

1.c

2.b

3.d

4.a

5.d

6.c

7.b

8.d

9.c

10.a

11.c

12.b

13.d

14.c

15.d

16.a

17.c

18.d

19.b

20.d

21.a

22.d

23.b

24.b

25.a

26.c

27.c

28.a

29.d

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