Exam 3: Historical Development

President Roosevelt's ___________________________ program was designed to create an active government role in guaranteeing the welfare and security of the population through minimum wage, overtime laws, unemployment compensation and other protective laws.

In the earliest years of our country's formation, work was characterized as:

Today private sector union density is around:

The Knights of Labor is generally considered an example of an "uplift union" due to its mission to elevate the moral, intellectual, and social lives of workers.

A significant change in American societal beliefs regarding the role of big business in ensuring prosperity for all occurred following:

In the late 1800's, AFL-affiliated unions embraced workers of all kinds, including women, minorities, and unskilled workers.

Explain the primary goals of the Industrial Workers of the World.

How was welfare capitalism used to prevent unionization?

The AFL and the CIO merged in 1955 because:

Change to Win is made up of the SEIU, the Teamsters, and the United Farm Workers.

The IWW was created out of frustration with the AFL because the AFL was more accepting of the current power structure within the U.S. and was not doing enough to fight against the repression of workers by judges, armed forces, and business leaders.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal program was consistent with the unitarist view of labor relations advocated by the human resource management school of thought.

The open shop movement of the early 1900's was funded by well-meaning workers who were concerned about the impact of unionization on their livelihood.

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 AFL concept of exclusive jurisdiction held that workers of a particular craft (or trade) should be represented by just one union that would only represent that one craft (or trade).

The _____________________________ occurred when railroad workers across the country went out on strike to protest wage cuts, large crowds took over depots and roundhouses, and rioting caused significant damage to railroad property.

Unlike the AFL, the CIO's attitude toward women in the union was:

How were company unions or employee representation plans inferior to worker controlled unions?

The AFL was originally one big labor union that directly represented its workers in negotiations, strikes, and grievances.

The hypocrisy of the open shop movement was that: