economy labor movement quiz

civilian labor force

men and women 16 years old and over who are either working or actively looking for another job

craft/trade union

an association of skilled workers who preform the same kind of work

union activities

• strike

• boycott

strike

refusal to work

boycott

union suggesting to not utilize a good/service

labor disputes

• lockout

• company union

lockout

refusal to let the employees work until management demands were met

company union

union organized, supported, or run by employees

• the Norris-laguardia act of 1932 prevented federal courts from issuing rulings against unions engaged in peceful strikes, picketing or boycotts

union regulation

• right to work law

• taft hartley act

right to work law

law making it illegal to force workers to join a union as contion of employment

• in 1946 alone, more than 116 million workdays were lost due to work stoppages from unions

taft Hartley act

give employers the right to sue unions for breaking contracts

types of resolution to strikes

• mediation

• arbitration

• injuction

• seizure

mediation 1

using a neutral third party to help settle a dispute

arbitration 2

using a third party to solve a dispute…. this decision is FINAL

injunction

court order not to act on a dispute

seziure

temporary takeover of a compnay’s operations

types of labor

• unskilled labor

• semi skilled labor

• skilled labor

• professional labor

unskilled labor

manual labor that doesn’t require training

• digging a ditch

• most people

• lower demand

• highest supply

• 1 on perimad

semi skilled labor

job w/skills to operate machines that requires little training

• forklift opperator

• 2 on perimad

skilled labor

jobs that operate complex equipemnt that require training

• plumber

• 3 on perimad

professional labor

jobs that require knowledge based educatioion

• sports medicine physician

• highest demand

• lowest amount of people

• lowest supply

• 4 on perimad

theory of wadges

• traditional

• negotiated

• signiling

traditional

the supply and demand for a workers skills and services determine the wage or salary

negotiated

bargaining strength is a factor that helps determine wages

signiling

pay more for people with certificates, diplomas, degrees and other indicators or “signals” of superior ability