Fun Stuff
GOSH! I love Econ
Supply and WHAT?
I hate graphs!
What?
100
What are workers with knowledge based education and managerial skills?
Professional Labor
100
What are workers who have skills to operate machines and who require a minimum amount of training?
Semi Skilled Labor
100
The first Federal legislation to exempt unions from the antitrust laws was the ________________________.
Clayton Anti-trust Act
100
The Fair Labor Standards Act did what?
Estimate the federal minimum wage.
100
The theory that wages are based on supply and demand for a worker's skills is the _________________.
Traditional theory of wages.
200
When labor and management ask a third party to collect information about a dispute and present non-binding recommendations - they are using _____________.
Fact Finding
200
The invisible barrier that hinders women and minorities from advancement up the corporate ladder is called the ______________.
Glass ceiling.
200
If both the labor and management agree to abide by the ruling of a third party to settle their dispute, the process is called _____________.
Arbitration
200
How were unions viewed historically?
conspiracies against business - they were persecuted in courts.
200
What law limited the power of workers to strike?
Taft-Hartley Act
300
Which act made a "closed shop" illegal?
Taft- Hartley Act
300
The government can ___________ or _____________ to move negotiations with unions.
Injunction or seizure
300
What is the current trend of unions in the United States.
They are in decline.
300
According to your book, does the glass ceiling still exist?
Yes
300
IF you are a part time employee you work no more than ___ hours per week.
35
400
Workers who are able to operate complex equipment with little or no supervision.
Skilled Worker
400
Individuals with the highest level of knowledge based education and managerial skills. Doctors, lawyers, teachers
Professional
400
The ability and willingness of workers to relocate in markets where wages are higher.
Labor mobility
400
The principle stating that people should receive equal pay for work that is different from but just as demanding as other types of work.
Comparable worth
400
A president can interfere with a labor management dispute by publicly appealing to both parties to resolve their differences. TRUE or FALSE
TRUE
500
Lloyd: What the hell are we doing here, Harry? We gotta get out of this town! Harry: Oh yeah, and go where? Where are we gonna go? Lloyd: I'll tell you where. Someplace warm. A place where the beer flows like wine. Where beautiful women instinctively flock like the salmon of Capistrano. I'm talking about a little place called Aspen. Harry: Oh, I don't know, Lloyd. The French are jerks.
Dumb and Dumber
500
Dear little baby Jesus, who's sittin' in his crib watchin the Baby Einstein videos, learnin' 'bout shapes and colors. I would like to thank you for bringin' me and my moma together, and also that my kids no longer sound like retarded gang-bangers.
Ricky Bobby
500
What? You pooped in the refrigerator? And you ate the whole... wheel of cheese? How'd you do that? Heck, I'm not even mad; that's amazing. How 'bout we get you in your p.j.'s and we hit the hay.
Anchorman
500
Stay home and eat all the freakin' chips, Kip. Kip Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.
Napoleon Dynamite
500
[Wielding a grenade launcher] Come and say hello to my little friend!
Scarface
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