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]
What is it called when worker organizations refuse to work in protest?
A
strikebreakers
B
union
C
strike
D
cartel
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Such a strike is also known as ‘pen down’ or ‘tool down’ strike. Workers show up to their place of employment, but they refuse to work. They also refuse to leave, which makes it very difficult for employer to defy the union and take the workers’ places.

Detailed explanation-2: -strike. verb. to refuse to work for a period of time as a protest about your pay or conditions of work.

Detailed explanation-3: -Picketing is used as a way of increasing support for industrial action. It is where workers involved in industrial action attend a workplace to increase support for their cause. They might do this by communicating information or persuading others not to work or not to carry out a part of their contracts of employment.

Detailed explanation-4: -Any employee going on strike in any form would face the consequence which, besides deduction of wages, may also include appropriate disciplinary action. A copy of DoPT’s O.M.

Detailed explanation-5: -A strikebreaker (sometimes called a scab, blackleg, or knobstick) is a person who works despite a strike.

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