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159. The purpose of the earliest recognized labor unions in the U.S. was:
160. The first national labor organization in the United States was the:
161. Membership in the Knights of Labor was:
162. The main goal of the Knights of Labor was to:
163. In a(n) ______, all of the members are skilled specialists in a particular trade.
164. __________ provided dynamic leadership for the American Federation of Labor during its
early years.
165. The AFL was concerned primarily with:
166. In its early years, the AFL's strategy was to:
167. The CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations) organized unskilled and semiskilled
workers into:
168. The __________ was set up as a federation of many separate craft unions.
169. In the early years, there were power struggles among the larger national unions. Leaders
recognized that there was power in numbers. After the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947,
170. The Industrial Revolution was characterized by a(n):
171. Critics of labor unions argue that unions are no longer needed to protect workers from
abusive and unfair treatment because:
172. A major reason John L. Lewis and his followers broke with the AFL and formed the CIO
was that:
173. The AFL originally was a federation of craft unions that did not attempt to organize
industrial unions. The main reason for this strategy was that:
174. At this time, about 50% of all union workers are:
175. The tragedy at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company caused:
176. Antonio received specific training to become an electrician. He belongs to a union with
other skilled electricians. Antonio belongs to a(n):
177. 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):
178. 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:
179. The two major influences on the growth of unions in the U.S. were:
180. The _________ Act established the National Labor Relations Board.
181. __________ is the process by which a union becomes recognized by the National Labor
Relations Board as the bargaining agent for a group of employees.
182. ____________ is the process by which a group of workers legally take away a union's right
to represent them.
183. _____________ is the process by which representatives of a union meet with
representatives of management to negotiate a contract for workers.
184. The ______________ was established by the Wagner Act to oversee labor-management
relations.
185. The first federal minimum wage was established by the:
186. The _____________ outlawed the use of yellow-dog contracts and prohibited courts from
issuing injunctions against nonviolent union activities.
187. At one time, as a condition of employment, the employer could make the employee sign a
statement prohibiting the worker from joining a union. This was called a(n):
188. The __________ guaranteed the rights of individual union members when dealing with
their union.
189. Which of the following acts gave more power to management in its relations with
organized labor?
190. The Taft-Hartley Act:
191. The ___________ guaranteed union members the right to nominate candidates for union
office and participate in union meetings.
192. One goal of the Landrum-Griffin Act was to:
193. The NLRB (National Labor Relations Board) consists of:
194. The Wagner Act is best described as a(n):
195. John belongs to a labor union. He believes a few key people run the union by meeting
secretly and making decisions without informing other members or allowing them to fully
participate in the meetings. If John's suspicions are correct, the union is violating provisions of
the __________ Act.
196. The Labor-Management Relations Act (or Taft-Hartley Act) can be best described as a
law which:
