USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Members all belong to a skilled trade.
A
Industrial Union
B
Social Darwinism
C
Trade Union
D
Arbitration
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A trade union is an organisation made up of members (a membership-based organisation) and its membership must be made up mainly of workers. One of a trade union’s main aims is to protect and advance the interests of its members in the workplace. Most trade unions are independent of any employer.

Detailed explanation-2: -Provided further that no Trade Union of workmen shall be registered unless it has on the date of making application not less than seven persons as its members, who are workmen engaged or employed in the establishment or industry with which it is connected .

Detailed explanation-3: -There are two types of unions: the horizontal union, in which all members share a common skill, and the vertical union, composed of workers from across the same industry. Federal law prohibits employers from punishing or retaliating against any employee for union activities.

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