1. What is the difference between a union shop and a closed shop?
a. Closed shops are firms where “right-to-work” laws have been passed. In a union shop, antidiscrimination laws are passed.
b. Closed shops are firms where the union controls the hiring. In a union shop, all workers must join the union.
c. Closed shops are firms where unions are illegal. In a union shop, unions are legal.
2. Which did the Taft-Hartley Act make illegal?
a.“Right-to-work” shops.
b. Union shops.
c. Closed shops.
3. How have more recent laws changed the role of unions?
a. The Taft-Hartley Act weakened union powers, put limitations on union activities, and allowed “right-to-work” laws.
b. The national Labor Relations Act strengthened unions by guaranteeing workers the right to form unions, to strike, and to engage in collective bargaining.
c. New federal rules strengthened unions by limiting an employer’s ability to slow worker elections to establish a union.