Methods Used in Union Formation

What is one method used by workers to express dissatisfaction with their working conditions?

• Striking

• Hiring strikebreakers

• Laissez-faire

Which method involves workers refusing to buy a product or use a service?

• Picketing

• Boycott

• Mediation

Fill in the blank: _______ is a method where workers stand outside a workplace to protest.

• Picketing

• Boycott

• Negotiation

What is the term for hiring temporary workers to replace striking workers?

• Yellow dog contract

• Black listing

• Hire strikebreakers

Which method involves ruining one's reputation as a form of pressure?

• Black listing

• Laissez-faire

• Striking

Fill in the blank: A _______ is a pledge not to join a union.

• Yellow dog contract

• Boycott

• Strike

What is the government's method of doing nothing in response to a strike?

• Laissez-faire

• Sending in police

• Issuing an injunction

Fill in the blank:

_______ is a method where the government issues a legal order to stop a strike.

• Laissez-faire

• Injunction

• Mediation

Fill in the blank:

The Taylor Law applies to _______ in New York State.

• Teachers

• Police men

• Fire men

• All of the above

Which method involves negotiation through compromise?

• Striking

• Boycott

• Collective bargaining

• Black listing