Labor unions are organizations of people who work for one particular company or one particular kind of company or in one particular trade. They usually engage in collective bargaining with the management of the companies that the members work for. They bargain for wages, benefits, and job conditions and try to negotiate contracts that will set these things for all employees. Their big weapon is the strike, which means the union members refuse to work until they their demands are met. In order to be effective, the striking workers have to prevent others from taking their places, and that is where trouble occurs. In order to engage in collective bargaining without a strike, a large percentage of a company's employees must be union members, and there is potential for conflict here. The union may force people to join before they even start to work, the "closed shop." Management may try to discourage union membership in any number of ways, so laws have been passed to guarantee the right to organize a union.
Unions found it hard to fight government-supported owners.
True
unions found it hard to fight government-supported owners APEX
Public opinion and boycotts
labor unions had the power to sway elections
Unions found it hard to fight government-supported owners.
unions were weakened by a strong economy
True. The sherman Antitrust law was against labor unions.
True
Unions were weakend by a strong economy.
It strengthened U.S. labor unions.
unions found it hard to fight government-supported owners APEX
true
Public opinion and boycotts
unions were weakened by a strong economy
Labor Unions
Labor unions saw membership decline.