What kind of jobs was held by the most workers in the U.S. at the founding of the country?
agricultural (farming)
100
Why are firms moving manufacturing jobs overseas?
Labor costs are less
100
If your grandfather held a factory job in the mid 20th century he probably worked in ...... (type of industry)
electronics
100
Why might you take a job that pays less over a job that pays more?
Better benefits
100
List two types of benefits a company might give you.
health insurance, life insurance, retirement
200
The wage rate that produces neither an excess supply of workers or an excess demand for workers in the labor market
equilibrium wage
200
Labor that requires specialized abilities and training
skilled labor
200
labor that requires advanced skills and education
professional labor
200
labor that requires no special skills, training or education
unskilled labor
200
labor that requires minimum specialized skills and education
semi-skilled labor
300
In what decade did we see new laws against wage discrimination?
the 1960's
300
In what decade was the fair Labor Standards Act passed, requiring minimum wage and overtime?
1930's (1938)
300
Employers must pay overtime when their employees work more than ____ hours a week.
40
300
What is generally the difference between blue collar workers and white collar workers?
Blue collar - hourly wages, lower pay, less education and training.... White collar - salary, higher pay, advanced education and training
300
What did the Taft-Hartley Act do?
Allows states to pass right to work laws.
400
What are right to work laws?
laws that ban mandatory union memebership
400
Why has union membership decreased in recent years?
1. Unions usually represented the blue-collar workers. With manufacturing jobs moving overseas there was less need for union representaition. 2. Many of the laws inacted by congress protect the worker leaving less need for the unions.