Which of the following statements is true of labor unions?
A. In the private sector, it is compulsory for workers to join unions.
B. It is much easier to form and maintain unions in the United States than in most other industrial nations.
C. Most business owners in the United States make enormous efforts to ensure that their own businesses are unionized.
D. Today, members of organized labor make up more than 30 percent of all wage and salary workers.
E. The political power of labor unions has waned over the last several decades.
Answer: E
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Which of the following contributes to the large numbers of Mexicans living and working in the United States without proper documents?
a. lax immigration laws in the United States b. high levels of poverty in the United States c. the willingness of U.S. employers to hire undocumented immigrants d. low levels of unemployment in Mexico
Which of the following statements is true of collective memory?
A. The operation of the collective memory is restricted to all the members who physically witnessed a significant historical event. B. The operation of the collective memory is inclusive of all the people of a single generation who have conscious memory of a significant historical event. C. The term collective memory applies solely to televised events like Kennedy's assassination or 9/11. D. The elements in the collective memory can be emphasized by memorials and public art in public spaces. E. The elements of the collective memory lack the potential to challenge the established visions of a society's collective memory.
Which statement regarding unemployment is most accurate?
A) Full employment is defined as a job for every adult who wants one. B) Today the unemployment rate at which the American workforce is considered fully employed is around 8 percent. C) Imbalance of trade is the inability of people in the labor force to find jobs. D) The average unemployment rate in 2009 was more than 15 percent and did not begin to decrease until late 2011. E) The unemployment rate may under-represent accurate statistics because of failure to account for discouraged workers.
Which of the following is not an explanation given by prosecutors for agreeing to plea bargains?
A) Criminal are still punished to the full measure of their crime. B) Dockets are overcrowded. C) It saves taxpayers money. D) In doing so, evidence is gathered about fellow criminals.