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 was a labor union?
A
An organization that protected the rights of company owners.
B
An organization that hired workers for the company owners.
C
An organization that protects the rights of workers, improve working conditions, and ensure fair pay for their work.
D
An organization that represented the company owners whenever their was a problem between workers and company owners.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A labor union is an organization formed by workers in order to negotiate for better workers’ rights, including better pay, safer working conditions, and better benefits. A labor union chooses representatives to negotiate on its behalf with the employer.

Detailed explanation-2: -Union members work together to negotiate and enforce a contract with management that guarantees the things you care about like decent raises, affordable health care, job security, and a stable schedule. Better workplaces and working conditions without the fear of retaliation.

Detailed explanation-3: -A labor union is a group of two or more employees who join together to advance common interests such as wages, benefits, schedules and other employment terms and conditions.

Detailed explanation-4: -The very purpose of unions in the labour market is to voice the issues faced by the workers in their employment, hence the role played by trade unions is critical. This is called collective bargaining; it is the process by which the employees/workers put forth their issues before the management or the employer.

Detailed explanation-5: -trade union, also called labour union, association of workers in a particular trade, industry, or company created for the purpose of securing improvements in pay, benefits, working conditions, or social and political status through collective bargaining.

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