The Long-Term Decline in Union Membership in the United States

question 52

Multiple Choice

The long-term decline in union membership in the United States has been attributed to the _____.

• A) shift in U.S. jobs from service industries to manufacturing industries
• B) passage of laws that protect workers
• C) increase in the number of blue-collar jobs in heavy industry
• D) reshoring of many low-skill jobs from developing countries to the United States

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