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The spread of AIDS within the U.S. has declined in recent years.
144. Alcohol and drug abuse are serious workplace issues but they involve far fewer
workers than AIDS does.
145. Alcohol is the most widely used drug in the workplace.
146. Today, over 80% of all companies require some type of drug testing.
147. The high cost of illegal drug use in the workplace has resulted in a rise in the number
of firms that test employees and job applicants for drugs.
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148. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 16% of
job-related fatalities is homicide.
149. One in six violent crimes that are committed in the U.S. occur in the workplace.
150. Many companies do not provide any formal training for dealing with prevention of
violence in the workplace.
151. Since violence in the workplace rarely results in severe injury, it is likely not to be
much of a problem in the future.
152.
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Although the general public often sees the compensation of CEOs of major U.S.
corporations as being much too high, the pay and benefits these top executives receive is
actually quite similar to what is earned by top executives in other countries with market
economies.
Feedback: Top executives in American corporations typically earn much more than top
executives from other countries. For example, American CEOs typically earn two to three
times as much as their counterparts in Europe and Canada.
153. Reece discovered that a male coworker is paid $1.50 per hour more than she is even
though they have the same job title, have similar qualifications, and have been employed
the same length of time. Unfortunately for Reece, it is legal for the hospital to pay
different salaries to different workers who perform the same job.
Feedback: The Equal Pay Act of 1963 states that men and women who perform the same job
must receive equal pay, as long as the pay additional amounts are not tied to merit increases
or additional compensation tied to seniority at the job.
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160. A(n) ________ is an employee organization that represents workers in employee-
management bargaining over job-related issues.
A. trades guild
B. union
C. ESOP
D. cross-functional team
161. The presence of formal labor organizations in the United States dates back to the:
A. late 1700s.
B. Civil War.
C. late 1800s.
D. depression years of the 1930s.
162. Unions were originally formed __________________.
A. to make certain that there were an equal number of nonmanagement and management–
level employees within the company
B. to uphold the state and federal laws under which businesses operate
C. to seek protection against unfair treatment
D. to seek worker corporate voting rights, the same as stockholders
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184. At this time, over 50% of all union workers are:
A. employed by governments.
B. employed by private, for-profit industries.
C. employed by healthcare companies.
D. In management positions.
Feedback: Today, however, for the first time in U.S. history, 7.6 million of the 14.7 million
workers in unions work in government not the private sector.
185. Antonio received specific training to become an electrician. He belongs to a union
with other skilled electricians. Antonio belongs to a(n):
A. industrial union.
B. craft union.
C. open union.
D. company union.
Feedback: A union whose members are skilled specialists in a particular skill or trade is
known as a craft union.
186.
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Geraldo works on the assembly line for a major automobile manufacturer. He was hired
for the job without any specific training or skill. Geraldo joined a union with other
assembly-line workers who perform a variety of jobs that do not require a highly
specialized skill. Geraldo belongs to a(n):
A. industrial union.
B. craft union.
C. assembly union.
D. traditional union.
Feedback: An industrial union is an organization of unskilled or semiskilled workers. This
type of union is often found in industries characterized by mass production methods, such as
the automobile industry.
187. Which of the following statements is the most accurate assessment of the historical
role of the AFL in the labor movement? In its early years the AFL:
A. attracted a lot of public attention and political support because it was the first truly
national labor organization in the United States.
B. operated as one union, but soon split into two interdependent groups and became
known as the AFL-CIO.
C. was a federation of craft unions that championed basic labor issues.
D. had limited success because it suffered from poor leadership.
Feedback: The AFL was never a single union. Instead, it operated as a federation of craft
unions. The organization succeeded largely due to the dynamic leadership of Samuel
Gompers, who championed basic labor issues.
