________ is a hard unionmanagement issue.
a. Employee recognition
b. Employee empowerment
c. Wage increase
d. Working conditions
Question 2Which of the following acts banned child labor in the U.S.?
a. Family and Medical Leave Act
b. Occupational Safety and Health Act
c. Age Discrimination Act
d. Fair Labor Standards Act
Question 3The leader of the democratic socialist workers' movement in the U.S., Eugene V. Debs established the ________.
a. Industrial Workers of the World
b. Congress of Industrial Organizations
c. American Railway Union
d. Women's Trade Union League
Question 4Generally, union membership tends to ________.
a. decrease the time spent on grievances
b. provide greater individual rewards based on performance
c. lower personnel costs
d. provide higher wages
Question 5Which of the following statements is TRUE of the Knights of Labor (KOL)?
a. The KOL eventually became the National Colored Labor Union.
b. Only skilled workers were allowed to join the KOL.
c. The KOL aimed to become national union for skilled and unskilled workers.
d. The KOL sought economic reforms through strikes and agitation.
Question 6The Railway Strike of 1877 was provoked by ________.
a. increased working hours
b. a mass layoff
c. a 10-percent wage cut
d. lack of pension benefits
Question 7The Employee Polygraph Protection Act ________.
a. makes it illegal to discriminate against employees or applicants because of genetic information
b. makes it illegal to discriminate against a qualified person with a disability in the private sector and in state and local governments
c. protects people aged 40 and older from discrimination because of age, and makes it unlawful to retaliate against a person who complained about pay discrimination, or participated in a lawsuit
d. prevents employers from using lie detector tests, either for preemployment screening or during the course of employment, with certain exemptions
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