1. Organized labor remains an influential economic and social movement in U.S. society in spite of its small representation of the total labor force.
True
False
2. Relationships between labor and management organizations and organizational characteristics of labor organizations are:
Political disciplines.
Union tactics designed to preserve membership.
Interrelated historical dimensions about the workings of organized labor.
Factors of unions prior to 1800.
3. One reason why employers would require employees to sign a yellow-dog contract was to:
Send a strong signal that a union would not be tolerated at the company.
Encourage the organization of a labor union.
Secure fair wages and good benefits.
Adopt an eight-hour work day.
4. Which of the following is not one of the strategies used by the Knights of Labor, founded in 1869?
Actively avoiding the use of strikes.
Creating a new political party.
Educating members and citizens as to the perceived evils of the existing industrial system.
Encouraging the creation of producer and consumer cooperatives