Exam 5: Labor and Management: Strategies, Structures, and Constraints

The departments of Justice and State,as well as anti-trafficking groups,estimate there are about 27 million people worldwide in modern-day slavery.Considering the various theories of ethics,modern-day slavery is an example of an extreme violation of the ethics of liberty.

Which of the following is not consistent with a model employee empowerment unionism:

Financialization refers to the pursuit of increased profits through financial transactions rather than through the delivery of a business' core goods and services.

When one talks about the "scope" of representation,one is referring to the number of different activities a union is involved in at the workplace.

A national labor federation is:

Business unionism works within the capitalist system by focusing on securing labor's "fair share" of profits,rather than seeking broad scale social change.

Within a typical union structure,the greatest power and authority lies with:

National unions usually have final authority over local union actions such as negotiating,organizing,and striking.

Unions that use the ____________________ model view unions as institutions of active worker participation,empowerment,and mobilization.

Union density rates are highest for:

Most of the union organizing,negotiating,and grievance handling is done by ____________________.

In what ways has the servicing model of representation sought to represent the interests of its members?

When comparing labor and corporate organizations,one can conclude that all of the following aspects are similar except: A.The structure of the organizations' hierarchies. B.The organizations' democratic practices. C.The organizations' formalized procedures. D.The organizations' specialized functions.

A European ________________________ arrangement is one in which top union and business leaders negotiate agreements with the government on brad social and economic issues.

Management can gain greater control over the workforce by taking skilled jobs and reducing them to routine,standardized jobs.

______________________ unionism involves a single union representing only workers within a single occupation.

Social movement unionism is one that encourages and embraces union member activism in working toward broader social goals.

Reducing complex jobs into simple,repetitive tasks results in ________________________ of jobs.

Change to Win is a federation of seven of the U.S.'s largest unions which left the AFL-CIO in 2005.

A labor ______________________ is an association of labor unions that provides support and leadership to the labor movement.