Labor Unions: Checkpoint 1

Covers what unions do, the history of the labor movement, collective bargaining, and strikes.

Five questions on lessons 1 through 4: what unions do, labor history, collective bargaining, and strikes.

Question 1 of 5 What is the core mechanism that gives a union its bargaining power?

Government subsidies Combining many individual workers into one negotiating voice Setting minimum wage laws Charging higher prices to consumers

A union's leverage comes from collective action - an employer that can lose one worker usually cannot afford to lose all of them at once.

Question 2 of 5 Which 1935 U.S. law first gave private-sector workers a legally protected right to unionize?

The Wagner Act The Sherman Antitrust Act The Taft-Hartley Act The Fair Labor Standards Act

Question 3 of 5 A collective bargaining agreement must be approved by union members through what process?

Mediation Ratification Arbitration Certification

A tentative agreement between negotiators isn't binding until the union's own members vote to ratify it.

Question 4 of 5 Why do unions maintain strike funds?

To pay employer legal fees To provide striking workers partial income so they can hold out longer To fund political campaigns exclusively To pay for replacement workers

Question 5 of 5 What is a lockout?

A union refusing to negotiate A worker quitting during a strike An employer barring workers from the workplace and withholding pay A government ban on striking

A lockout is the employer's mirror-image tool to a strike, forcing a work stoppage on the employer's own terms.

← Back to Strikes: The Economics of Withholding Labor Next lesson → Right-to-Work Laws Explained

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