CHAPTER 1

Globalizing Trade Unions

1. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the percentage of American workers belonging to trade unions today is about

50%

35%

15%

12%

2. One reason for the decline in union membership is that more workers were in

Factories

The service sector

Farms

They are unemployed

3. Global Framework Agreements for workers have been signed in

25 countries

30 countries

42 countries

47 countries

4. Unions will gain ability to obtain better working conditions for workers around the world by

Asking the United Nations to impose such standards

Organizing boycotts in the United States

Getting worker protections written into international agreements

None of the above