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HANDOUT: QUIZ ON THE BENEFITS OF UNIONS
- On average, union workers make what percentage more than non-union workers?
- 5%
- 17%
- 28%
- 40%
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What percentage of union workers have job-provided health insurance?
- 15%
- 36%
- 58%
- 79%
- The average African American worker in the United States who does not
belong to a union makes $564 a week. How much does the average African
American union worker make?
- $720 a week
- $640 a week
- $584 a week
- $450 a week
- In 2008, what percentage of the American workforce was unionized?
- 5%
- 12%
- 20%
- 50%
- Are businesses with unions more productive or less productive?
- More productive
- Less productive
- About the same
- In 2006, the average non-union carpenter made $14.68 an hour. How much did union carpenters make, on average?
- $26.41
- $20.25
- $14.68
- $8.76
- What percentage of employers faced with a union drive are so scared
about the benefits they will have to provide to workers that they hire
a union-busting law firm to frighten workers and try to stop them from
organizing?
- 10%
- 35%
- 50%
- 75%
- While thanks to union busting, the percentage of the unionized
workforce overall has declined, what community is becoming more
unionized?
- Textile workers
- The elderly
- Immigrants
- Sports fans
- Thanks to advocacy by unions, American workers are now protected by which laws?
- The Family Medical Leave Act - which allows workers to take unpaid leave for illness or to care for sick loved ones
- The Pregnancy Discrimination Act - which outlaws discrimination based on pregnancy or childbirth
- The
Occupational Safety and Health Act - which guarantees workplaces be
free of hazards, mechanical dangers, toxic chemicals and unsanitary
conditions
- All of the above
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