Practice Questions: Labor Market

What represents the "supply" in the labor market?

• A) Companies

• B) Workers

• C) Products

• D) Consumers

Why are the terms "skilled" and "unskilled" workers going out of fashion?

• They are considered too broad and imprecise.

• They do not reflect the complexity and value of all types of work.

• They promote inequality and discrimination in the workplace.

• All of the above.

What is collective bargaining?

• A form of individual salary negotiation

• A negotiation of wages and conditions by an organized body of employees

• A method for companies to set salaries

• A form of independent contracting

What did the animators risk while striking against Disney in 1941?

• Violent assaults by Disney’s security

• Unemployment, blacklisting, and being hated by friends

• Promotions and career advancement

• Better health benefits

What did the workers gain from the Disney Strike of 1941?

• Lower salaries and less job security

• Became part owners of the Walt Disney Company

• Reduction in work hours

• Screen credits and increased wages

Why were Manongs best able to lead strikes among California field workers?

• They had no leader and were unorganized

• They were unmarried and traveled to other farms

• They were all mostly the managers and farm owners

• They had high wages and good living conditions

What was the Bracero program?

• A program providing healthcare to workers

• A program bringing in unlimited cheap labor to replace striking workers

• A scholarship program for farm workers' children

• A training program for unskilled workers

Which statement most accurately describes the gig economy?

• Provides workers fixed and full-time working hours

• Lacks many worker benefits like health insurance

• Leads to increased costs to companies that employ them

• Usually used by the medical industry to increase employee numbers

Which of the following does not describe Amazon’s labor strategy, as seen in the articles/videos read in class?

• Warehouse workers make commission based of their efficiency

• Workers must meet quotas set and tracked by an algorithm

• Amazon employs many seasonal workers

• Amazon invests all profits back into the company

Which of the following is NOT a tactic used by Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez in ending the Bracero Program?

• Using penance and hunger strikes to reveal suffering of fieldworkers

• Negotiating directly with attorneys and growers for better working conditions

• Mass call-campaign and lobbying of Washington congress members

• Organizing fieldworkers strikes and marches to the state capitol