Labor (Econ)

discussions between a labor union and an employer to negotiate wages, hours, and other issues (a)  

• collective bargaining
• service industry
• worker’s compensation
• advocate

the collection of businesses that provide services to consumers rather than goods (a)  

• service industry
• collective bargaining
• worker’s compensation
• advocate

the placing of limits or restrictions on business activity by government (a)  

• collective bargaining
• regulation
• worker’s compensation
• advocate

the smallest hourly wage it is legal to pay a worker (a)  

• minimum wage
• regulation
• worker’s compensation
• advocate

pay required by law when a worker is injured on the job (a)  

• worker’s compensation
• minimum wage
• regulation
• advocate

to support the cause of another (a)  

• advocate
• minimum wage
• regulation
• worker’s compensation

During the early years of (a)   : • a typical work shift was 12 to 16 hours long. • factory equipment was frequently dangerous to operate. • factory owners kept wages as low as possible, particularly for women and children.

• industrialization
• regulation
• agriculture
• communism

ensure that workers receive a fair wage. • protect workers from company abuses, including unsafe working conditions. • give workers job security and protect them from being fired unfairly

• Pro-union

• Anti-union

In 1911, a horrific fire broke out in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. • A total of (a)   workers were killed, mostly young women. • The New York Factory Investigating Commission was created.

• 146
• 200
• 75
• 28

The United States Department of (a)   was established in 1913. • Enforces government wage and workplace safety regulations • Works to expand the amount of employment available • Oversees providing resources to people who have disabilities

• Labor
• Housing and Urban Development
• Defense
• Commerce