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In 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that primary boycotts are illegal.

A) True
B) False

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The National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) gave labor the legal justification to pursue collective bargaining and other key labor issues.

A) True
B) False

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Striking union workers are picketing near the entrance of the Bathtub Brewing Company's plant. The workers are acting peacefully and have not threatened anyone entering or leaving the company or damaged any property. Bathtub Brewing's management is seeking an injunction to prevent the workers from picketing. The courts are unlikely to issue an injunction under the current circumstances.

A) True
B) False

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The Knights of Labor, the first national labor organization, offered membership to all working people, including employers.

A) True
B) False

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If a union is present in a firm that has a(n) ________ shop arrangement, workers may join the union if they wish, but they are not required to join or pay a union fee in order to keep their jobs.


A) open
B) unrestricted
C) freedom of choice
D) agency

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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Robert Buckman is a researcher studying the effects of alcohol and drug abuse. The alcohol center where he works states, "Our mission is to conduct, coordinate, and promote basic and clinical research on the causes, prevention, and treatment of alcoholism and alcoholic disease." Looking forward, which of the following statements are you likely to agree with?


A) Robert's work, although impressive, will not have any short-term or long-term effect on the cost of labor in the U.S.
B) The U.S. has seen significant declines in alcohol and drug-related issues in the workplace. Robert would better serve the business world by working on cancer-caused ailments.
C) Illegal drug use is more of a problem than alcohol in terms of the number of work-related accidents that these problems cause. Robert should know, though, that the baby boomers are the major drug users, and they are retiring.
D) Robert's work is greatly needed by business and industry. Alcohol and drug use continue to be on the rise and present serious work-related costs to businesses across almost all industries.

E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

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Membership in the Knights of Labor was


A) limited to skilled craftsmen.
B) limited to unskilled and semiskilled workers who belonged to industrial unions.
C) open to all working people, including employers.
D) open to anyone willing to promote capitalism as the economic system most likely to lead to economic prosperity for the working men and women of the United States.

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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The Taft-Hartley Act gives the president the power to require striking workers in any industry to return to their jobs for a cooling-off period while representatives of management and the union continue to negotiate.

A) True
B) False

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The objectives of labor unions have


A) always placed the greatest emphasis on increasing wages and benefits.
B) shifted with social and economic conditions.
C) frequently taken global competition into account.
D) consistently favored policies that would move the U.S. economy toward a command system.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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The Equal Pay Act of 1963 required companies to provide equal pay to men and women who perform the same job.

A) True
B) False

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________ is the demand for equal pay for jobs requiring similar levels of education, training, and skill.


A) Affirmative action
B) Compensation by objectives
C) Equal opportunity pay
D) Comparable worth

E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

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At this time, the largest labor organization in the United States is the


A) Teamsters.
B) Service Employees International Union (SEIU) .
C) United Automobile Workers (UAW) .
D) National Education Association (NEA) .

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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One goal of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (Landrum-Griffin Act) was to clean up union corruption.

A) True
B) False

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In a(n) ________ shop, workers do not have to belong to a union before they are hired, but they must join a union within a specified period (usually 30, 60, or 90 days) in order to keep their job.


A) agency
B) closed
C) open
D) union

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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Which of the following tactics would management be most likely to use during a labor-management dispute?


A) picketing
B) secondary boycotts
C) lockouts
D) primary boycotts

E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

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Labor unions were largely responsible for


A) establishing the Republican party.
B) the basic structure of the federal income tax system.
C) the passage of NAFTA.
D) minimum wage laws and laws against child labor.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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The NLRB oversees the decertification of unions. Company owners can petition and seek the signatures of 30% of the employees in order to decertify the union; in other words, officially, the union could no longer represent the employees in any bargaining negotiations.

A) True
B) False

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A(n) ________ boycott is an illegal attempt by labor to convince others to stop doing business with a firm that does business with a company that is the subject of a primary boycott.


A) extended
B) secondary
C) tactical
D) strategic

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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It is estimated that firms lose ________ annually in productivity, absenteeism, and employee turnover due to caring for aging parents.


A) $42 million
B) $10 thousand
C) $33 billion
D) a decreasing amount

E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

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The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was intended to give shareholders more say in executive compensation.

A) True
B) False

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