Employment Laws and Labor Rights

Which option best describes collective bargaining?

• Where employees, as a group, negotiate with employers about wages, benefits, and working conditions.

• A method for employees to file complaints against employers.
• A strategy for employers to reduce employee wages.
• A process for employees to vote on workplace policies.

What is the best description of a labor union?

• A group of employers that sets wages for workers.
• An organization that provides training for job seekers.
• An organization of workers that negotiates collectively with employers.
• A government agency that regulates labor laws.

By the turn of the twentieth century, an estimated __________ workers were going on strike each year.

• 500,000
• 100,000

• 200,000

• 750,000

What does it mean to go on strike?

• To go on strike means to take a vacation from work.
• To go on strike means to work overtime for extra pay.
• To go on strike means to stop working as a form of protest to demand better conditions or pay.
• To go on strike means to attend a meeting about work.

Participating in a labor union before Congress passed modern labor reforms in the 1930's was a highly risky endeavor because?

• Collective bargaining was not legal in all states.

• It was encouraged by employers for better conditions.
• It was beneficial for job security and wages.
• It was safe due to strong government support.

During the Homestead Strike, management responded to workers on strike by locking them out of the shop floor and...

• increasing wages for all employees
• offering bonuses to strike leaders
• implementing new safety regulations
• hired professional strike breakers to pass the picket line, which turned deadly

During the Pullman Strike, the Pullman Palace Car Company cut wages below livable standards, in response, workers joined a strike against the company and organized a national boycott and the President _________ sending in troops to end the strike.

• Theodore Roosevelt
• William McKinley
• Grover Cleveland
• Herbert Hoover

The Pullman Strike resulted in the national holiday _________ to remember those who loss their lives fighting for fair labor.

• Union Day
• Workers' Memorial
• Labor Rights Day
• Labor Day

During the coal workers strike in 1902, President _________ threatened to take federal control of the coal mines if owners did not bargain with workers.

• William Howard Taft
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Harry S. Truman

The coal workers strike resulted in?

• A decline in union membership and reduced wages.
• Higher wages and shorter work days.

• Increased government regulation of coal mining.
• A rise in coal production and job opportunities.