Chapter 2 NORTH AMERICA

US Labor Transition Report

After watching the US Labor Transition Report video, consider the questions below. Then "submit" your response.

1. Currently, about what percentage of U.S. workers are members of a union?

100 percent

50 percent

25 percent

12 percent

2. The highest percentage of U.S. workers who were union members was in 1956. That percentage was:

100 percent

50 percent

35 percent

25 percent

3. Besides increased competition from overseas, U.S. union membership has declined because of:

Deregulation in such industries as trucking and airlines, which were heavily unionized.

Changes in the labor force from heavily unionized manufacturing to services.

Migration to the Sunbelt.

All of the above.

4. Patricia Friend of the Flight Attendants Union advocates that:

Unions strike to insist on more and better benefits, competition notwithstanding.

Unions help to shape the future of the American work force.

Unions disband because they cannot do anything about the changes anyway.

Unions advocate for stronger laws favoring workers over management.