Labor Unions

Workers repeatedly perform a single step in the production process

• skilled workers

• unskilled workers

• specialization

• mechanization

Negotiating as a group for better wages and working conditions

• Bargaining collective

• Individual bargaining

• Collective asking

• Collective bargaining

Which of the following best describes a factor contributing to the rize of labor unions in the United States during the Gilded Age?

• Many workers thought they worked too few hours for too much money.

• Companies were over-regulated and over-taxed.

• Americans perceived that there was a growing gap between the wealthy and the poor.

• Agriculture was becoming the main sector of the U.S. economy.

Which statement most accurately articulates the main idea being expressed in this 1883 cartoon?

• Most workers in the United States can become business owners if they try.

• Industrial capitalists have achieved wealth through their own hard work.

• Social classes arise from the natural differences in the abilities of individuals.

• Capitalists gain wealth by exploiting the working class.

The problem shown in this cartoon was addressed during the late-19th century primarily by the:

• organization of workers into labor unions.

• implementation of the Populist Party platform.

• elimination of child labor.

• increase in immigrant workers.

This labor union, under the guidance of its founder Samuel Gompers, focused on collective bargaining and strikes as a tactic, and sought legitimacy by allowing only skilled white male workers.

• The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

• The American Federation of Labor (AFL)

• The Knights of Labor (KoL)

• The United Mine Workers (UMW)

A 'strike' occurs when

• A worker meets with his boss to try to negotiate higher pay, leveraging his rare talents.

• An employee quits her job because she is dissatisfied, finding a better job elsewhere.

• All workers in a workplace collectively agree to stop working until demands are met.

• An employee hits the boss in the face with a krabby patty.

What were working conditions like during the Industrial Revolution? 

• Safe
• Comfortable 
• Awesome 
• Dangerous

What typically happened to individual employees who complained about working conditions?

• They were given a pay raise
• They were promoted
• They were fired
• They quit their jobs

What did workers want when they went on strike?

• Higher wages
• Better working conditions
• Fewer hours 
• All of the above