Labor Unions

Many early factory and mill workers were unskilled. • Unskilled workers were more easily ___________ .

• trained

• replaced

• paid

Conditions for unskilled workers included long working hours and __________ work conditions.

• pleasant

• dangerous

• average

• steady

By ______, the percentage of industrial workers that were children under the age of 15 was 44.7%.

• 1865

• 1850

• 1820

• 1880

Many families needed their children to go to work because the average household income was only _____A YEAR, which was far below the poverty line.

• $200

• $500

• $419

• $380

The ________ lifestyles of rich industrial owners was completely different from the horrible living and working conditions that most people experienced.

• responsible

• childish

• lavish

• famous

the negotiations by union leaders on behalf of a group of workers

• arbitration

• labor union

• strike

• collective bargaining

• lockout

a temporary shutdown by company ownership or management

• arbitration

• labor union

• strike

• collective bargaining

• lockout

an organization of workers for the purpose of advancing its members’ common interests

• arbitration

• labor union

• strike

• collective bargaining

• lockout

a strategic work stoppage designed to put pressure on an employer

• arbitration

• labor union

• strike

• collective bargaining

• lockout

the settling of a dispute by submitting to the decision of an outside party

• arbitration

• labor union

• strike

• collective bargaining

• lockout