labor unions

Why were strikes not as effective in industries with unskilled workers?

• Unskilled workers were paid high wages.
• Unskilled workers could be replaced more easily than skilled workers.
• Unskilled workers were not allowed to join unions.
• Many unskilled workers were deported for supporting unions.

Group of works who collective bargain to get higher pay, more rights and better working conditions

• Soviet Union
• Labor Union
• Commune 
• Trade Federation

What does AFL stand for?

• American Fun Labor
• American Finance of Labor
• American Freedom of Labor
• American Federation of Labor

Who did the AFL represent?

• trade and craft (skilled) workers
• business owners
• government workers
• teachers

_______ is when workers refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet their demands.

• labor unions
• party
• strike
• sweatshop

Why did the early members of the Knights of Labor, founded in 1869, hold secret meetings?

• They were afraid of being arrested for criminal activity.
• They did not want other laborers joining their elite group.
• They would be fired by anti-union businesses if exposed as members
• They did not want their confidential demonstration plans revealed.

Knights of Labor, American Federation of Labor, and the Congress of Industrial Organization were examples of....

• Organized Crime
• Terrorist organizations
• Labor unions

_{Most strikes by unions in the late 1800's were unsuccessful mainly because}

• unions were unconstitutional
• strikes had never been used before to settle labor issues
• government supported business instead of workers
• strikers failed to use militant tactics

Formation of national labor unions in the late 1800's was mainly because of

• passage of laws that supported workers
• laws restricting immigration
• poor working conditions and low wages
• economic depression that led to high unemployment

Collective bargaining is the 

• practice used by employers to hire groups of laborers.
• practice used by employers to get the cheapest labor possible.
• idea that laborers working in groups are more productive in the workplace.
• idea that laborers acting together have greater success in negotiating with management.