Question 1

Exclusive union strategy involves

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A)  increasing the demand for the final product,thereby increasing the demand for labor.
B)  restricting the supply of union labor.
C)  setting job standards and entry qualifications for members.
D)  organizing all workers and bargaining for a wage.
E)  negotiating only after a strike has been called.F) A) and C)
G) C) and E)

Question 2

A pure monopsonist

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A)  is the sole buyer of a particular good or resource in a given market.
B)  can adjust only quantity produced and so is a price-taker in the input market.
C)  purchases as many units of input as it desires without influencing the per unit price of the input.
D)  confronts a perfectly elastic supply curve of the input.E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 3

Which statement is true about labor unions in the United States?

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A)  Overall unions have had no effect on wages,but have created better working conditions.
B)  They did not gain widespread acceptance until the 1920s.
C)  The U.S.has virtually the same percentage of its workforce unionized as other industrial nations.
D)  None of the choices are true of labor unions in the U.S.E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 4

Major league baseball is exempt from antitrust prosecution by way of the so-called "reserve clause." The elimination of the reserve clause in baseball to encourage players to act as free agents can help

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A)  reduce the exercise of monopsony power by team owners.
B)  increase the exercise of monopsony power by team owners.
C)  increase the profits of team owners.
D)  reduce the wages paid to baseball players.E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 5

Which is the most accurate statement?

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A)  Unions are much more powerful today than they were 35 years ago.
B)  Unions are more powerful in the South than in any other section of the country.
C)  Nearly half of all American wage earners are members of unions.
D)  Union membership as a percentage of the labor force has been falling since the mid-1950s.E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 6

Statement I: The collective bargaining weapon of a labor union is the ability to go on strike.
Statement II: The ultimate collective bargaining weapon of an employer is the ability to take a strike.

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A)  Statement I is true and statement II is false.
B)  Statement II is true and statement I is false.
C)  Both statements are true.
D)  Both statements are false.E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 7

A secondary boycott is directed against ___________.

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Question 8

Collective bargaining

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A)  deals only with issues relating to wages.
B)  substitutes one labor negotiator for many independent workers.
C)  is NOT a function of labor unions.
D)  is illegal in the United States.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 9

The president of the AFL from the late 1880s until his death in 1924 was

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A)  Robert Wagner.
B)  James R.Hoffa.
C)  Leon Trotsky.
D)  Samuel Gompers.
E)  Robert Taft.F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 10

An example of an inclusive union is

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A)  the American Federation of Teachers.
B)  the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
C)  the American Medical Association.
D)  the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

If unions are successful in negotiating a wage higher than the market equilibrium wage,and also guarantee employers that they can hire as many labor hours as they desire per week at the union wage,

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A)  the quantity of labor demanded will exceed the quantity supplied at the union wage.
B)  the quantity of labor demanded will equal the quantity supplied at the union wage.
C)  the quantity of labor demanded will fall short of the quantity supplied at the union wage.
D)  all workers who join the union will be guaranteed a job.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 12

Compared to France,the U.S.has a ______ union membership percentage of its labor force.

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Question 13

Union membership as a percentage of the labor force has been falling since the mid ______.

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Question 14

In which section of the United States are "right-to-work" laws most prominent?

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A)  The Northeast
B)  The West coast
C)  The South
D)  The MidwestE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 15

In 2009,approximately ______ percent of the public sector was unionized.

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A)  10
B)  25
C)  37
D)  52E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 16

Unions use

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A)  only the method of inclusion.
B)  only the method of exclusion.
C)  both the method of inclusion and the method of exclusion.
D)  neither the method of inclusion nor the method of exclusion.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 17

Which is the most accurate statement?

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A)  About one third of all collective bargaining sessions end in strikes.
B)  There were more strikes in the past four years than in all of the 1940s and 1950s combined.
C)  The AFL-CIO is at an all-time high in membership.
D)  The Taft-Hartley Act was passed largely in response to the high number of strikes during the previous year.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

Each of the following has at one time been a monopsony except

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A)  ToyotA.
B)  Major League Baseball.
C)  Wal-Mart
D)  J.P Stevens.
E)  R.J.ReynoldsF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 19

Right to work laws

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A)  are part of the legislation that was the foundation for the growth of unions in the U.S.
B)  are included in the Wagner Act.
C)  permit workers to be paid less than comparable worth would allow.
D)  are in state laws that limit union power.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 20

Which statement is true?

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A)  Today more workers in the U.S.are members of labor unions than any time in our history.
B)  Today labor unions are weaker than any time in the last 100 years.
C)  No major labor union has called a strike since the 1940s.
D)  Labor unions are relatively strong in the public (government) sector.E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Exam 27: Labor Unions

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Each of the following has at one time been a monopsony except

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Collective bargaining

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A pure monopsonist

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