A.H. - Organized Labor (2024)

Creating lists of names of labor organizers, so they can't get a job anywhere is called...

• shadow banning

• graylisting

• blacklisting

Laissez-faire meant that governments would...

• leave businesses alone

• pass worker safety laws

• protect striking workers

Businesses resisted labor organization and union formation by...

• reducing working hours

• raising wages

• banning union meetings

Negotiating the terms of an employment contracts as a group, usually through a union

• individual bargaining

• striking

• collective bargaining

If you are on strike, then you are...

• refusing to work

• looking for a job

• working overtime

Most government officials saw the rise of organized labor as...

• a chance to win votes

• a threat to order

• good for workers

Which of these was a goal of organized labor?

• higher company profits

• 12-hour workday

• 5-day workweek

Workers brought in to replace striking workers were known as...

• scabs

• crabs

• rats

How did the Pennsylvania governor respond to the Homestead Strike?

• stayed out of the conflict

• sent soldiers to break the strike

• sent soldiers to protect workers

Which of these was a goal of organized labor?

• bathroom/lunch breaks

• 7-day workweek

• vertical consolidation