In any given company, a union is an organised group of workers who come together to make decisions about their working conditions and how they can be improved. What do you know about unions and how they can be handled?
Textile Mill
Saw Mill
Shoe Mill
None of the above
Whites
Blacks
Neither
Both
Starting union
Shutting down machines
Disorderly conduct
None of the above
Binding
Arbitrary
Both
None of the above
American Federal Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations
American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations
American Federation of Labor - Committee for Industrial Organizations
American Federal Labor - Committee for Industrial Organizations
1955
1965
1975
1985
Negotiates labor contracts for union members
Operates openly
Enforces stikes
Promotes legislation favorable to union members
Wages
Hiring/firing/promotion practices
Workplace safety
Individual salaries
True
False
10%
20%
30%
40%
Ending child labor
Establishing 8 hour work day
Protecting workers' health and safety
Creating Social Security
All of the above
True
False
True
False
The workers to go hungry.
The mill to close.
Approximately 20,000 workers to strike.
All of the above
Shooting a women at a demonstration.
Placing dynamite around the community.
Making large payments to corrupt individuals.
All of the above
She was loud.
She didn't work hard enough.
She was a woman of low moral character.
All of the above
True
False
President Taft
President Taft's wife
President Wilson
President Wilson's wife
February
March
April
May
Increase in wages for 54 hour work week
Double time for overtime
No discrimination against strikers
All of the above
True
False