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Vocabulary Matching

Practice the vocabulary words from the lesson.

Definitions:

  1. Labor Union
  2. Productivity
  3. Collective bargaining
  4. Strike
  5. Lockout
  6. Replacement Workers
  7. Labor
  8. Labor Market
  9. Minimum Wage Laws
  10. Compensating Wage Differential
  11. Derived Demand
  12. John L. Lewis
  13. Samuel Gompers
  14. AFL-CIO
  15. Craft Union
  16. Industrial Union

Terms:

  • An organization which represents a group of people organized to negotiate with management by means of collective bargaining.
  • The amount of output per unit of input.
  • When a group of workers who represent other workers in the same company sit down with management to discuss better working conditions, pay, and benefits.
  • A stoppage of work caused by workers walking off the job refusing to work.
  • A stoppage of work caused by management locking out employees and keeping them from being able to work.
  • Workers hired by management to replace striking workers. Called "scabs" by striking union members.
  • The input that involves the physical and intellectual services of people, including training, education, and peoples' abilities.
  • The supply and demand for workers.
  • Laws that set a price floor for wages, the minimum an employer must pay for one hour of work.
  • The difference in income that people make to compensate for an unpleasant working environment. For example construction workers can make more money than people with college degrees because they must be compensated for harsh working conditions. 
  • The demand for a resource based on its contribution to a final product.
  • The founder of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO).
  • The first president of the American Federation of Labor (AFL).
  • Organization formed in 1955 when the AFL and CIO combined. It is the largest union organization in the United States.
  • A union formed where all members of the union have the same skill.
  • A union formed to represent both skilled and unskilled workers.

Answers:

  1. An organization which represents a group of people organized to negotiate with management by means of collective bargaining.

    Answer: Labor Union

  2. The amount of output per unit of input.

    Answer: Productivity

  3. When a group of workers who represent other workers in the same company sit down with management to discuss better working conditions, pay, and benefits.

    Answer: Collective bargaining

  4. A stoppage of work caused by workers walking off the job refusing to work.

    Answer: Strike

  5. A stoppage of work caused by management locking out employees and keeping them from being able to work.

    Answer: Lockout

  6. Workers hired by management to replace striking workers. Called "scabs" by striking union members.

    Answer: Replacement Workers

  7. The input that involves the physical and intellectual services of people, including training, education, and peoples' abilities.

    Answer: Labor

  8. The supply and demand for workers.

    Answer: Labor Market

  9. Laws that set a price floor for wages, the minimum an employer must pay for one hour of work.

    Answer: Minimum Wage Laws

  10. The difference in income that people make to compensate for an unpleasant working environment. For example construction workers can make more money than people with college degrees because they must be compensated for harsh working conditions. 

    Answer: Compensating Wage Differential

  11. The demand for a resource based on its contribution to a final product.

    Answer: Derived Demand

  12. The founder of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO).

    Answer: John L. Lewis

  13. The first president of the American Federation of Labor (AFL).

    Answer: Samuel Gompers

  14. Organization formed in 1955 when the AFL and CIO combined. It is the largest union organization in the United States.

    Answer: AFL-CIO

  15. A union formed where all members of the union have the same skill.

    Answer: Craft Union

  16. A union formed to represent both skilled and unskilled workers.

    Answer: Industrial Union