Exam 3: Historical Development

The AFL was not a labor union,per se,but rather a union ________________________.

Which of the following unions is most accurately described as a revolutionary union?

Today the strongest segment of unionization is:

Explain how employers exploited American values of independence,liberty and freedom to fight unions in the early 1900s.

The "open shop" movement of the early 1900's was a large scale effort by employers to close workplaces to individuals who were unionized or who had an interest in union representation.

The first permanent union in the U.S.is attributed to the:

The __________________ strike is famous because President Reagan fired over 11,000 air traffic controllers and hired nonunion replacement workers who later decertified the union.

One key difference between the AFL and the Knights of Labor is that the AFL focused primarily on skilled crafts while the KOL included both skilled and unskilled crafts.

The CIO formed as a result of:

To achieve gains for its members,the Knights of Labor focused primarily on

WWII was followed by the greatest period of strikes in the U.S.known as ________________.

_______________________ was a management philosophy that decomposed skilled jobs into basic repetitive tasks and converted them into unskilled labor.

The significance of the Industrial Workers of the World was:

While racism and discrimination were significant problems in the larger social fabric of the U.S.during the 1960s,labor unions were instrumental in providing protection and relief from discrimination.

The central conflict for the Knights of Labor was not with business owners,but rather with those who were perceived as controlling wealth,without actually producing it.

In 2005,the AFL-CIO split into rival AFL and CIO union federations,divided along craft and industrial lines.

A workplace that is open only to workers who belong to the union is known as:

The AFL and CIO merged in 1955 largely to decrease competition between rival unions and increase their power in dealing with management.

The CIO formed because leaders of the AFL refused to represent the low skilled mass production workers in industries such as steel,automobiles,and textiles.

The General Motors sit-down strike in 1936 was so successful that a wave of unionization followed throughout the auto industry.