Which of the following terms refers to a doctrine that advocates one standard wage rate for each job and all employees who perform it?
a. front-end loading
b. profit-sharing
c. pay equity
d. pyramiding
Question 2Under a piecework system, employees are paid depending on ________.
a. the number of steps required to produce a unit
b. the profits generated by the company in the month
c. the total hours, including overtime, worked
d. the number of units produced
Question 3The Employee Free Choice Act is a proposed law which, if implemented, will require that ________.
a. employers give workers a 60-day advance notice of plant transfers and plant shutdowns
b. the National Labor Relations Board certifies a union to represent workers if a majority signs cards that authorize the union
c. employees be allowed to solicit support for a union from their fellow employees during working times and at the workplace
d. an employer who entertains a good-faith reasonable doubt whether a majority of its employees support an incumbent union will be able to withdraw recognition from the union
Question 4Which of the following organizations eventually merged with the American Federation of Labor?
a. Socialist Labor Party
b. Women's Trade Union League
c. United Transportation Union
d. Congress of Industrial Organizations
Question 5In 1935, ________ established the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
a. Andrew Carnegie
b. Samuel Gompers
c. John D. Rockefeller
d. John L. Lewis
Question 6Which of the following countries defied prevailing trends to record an increase in the percentage of employees joining unions between 1990 and 2008?
a. Spain
b. Australia
c. Germany
d. New Zealand