Labor and Management Quiz

A technological breakthrough that makes workers twice as efficient on the job will tend to have which of the following effects? It will shift the...

• demand curve to the right.
• demand curve to the left.
• supply curve to the right.
• supply curve to the left.

In a national union, the authority to set policy for the union is held by the:

• federal government.
• AFL-CIO.
• Federal Mediation Service.
• delegates to the union convention.

In recent years some observers have pointed optimistically toward a growing spirit of cooperation between unions and management — though much remains to be done. Probably the MAIN reason for this trend toward cooperation is:

• the fact that unions are no longer as strong as they once were.
• the fact that about half of all American workers now belong to unions, thus management is more inclined to listen.
• the lack of urgency in meeting demands, since most workers now enjoy comfortable wages and working conditions.
• a desire to survive in a highly competitive economy under increasing pressure from foreign competition.

In the early 1900s, managers generally refused to grant wages to garment workers because:

• they were already paying all that their firms could afford and still remain solvent.
• they could get all the workers they wanted at the wages they were paying.
• most workers were highly unskilled and thus could not command a higher wage.
• workers were compensated in other ways.