Why Did Workers Turn to Labor Unions as an Instrument

question 42

Multiple Choice

Why did workers turn to labor unions as an instrument for addressing their grievances?

• A) Skilled workers were angry about the decline in their status in the economic and social order.
• B) Immigrants had a long tradition of participating in workers' organizations in Europe.
• C) Both skilled and unskilled workers believed they had no other chance at economic advancement.
• D) The courts promoted labor unions as the proper instrument for protesting business practices.

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