Including Marginally Attached Workers in the Calculation of the Unemployment

question 4

Multiple Choice

Including marginally attached workers in the calculation of the unemployment rate would

• A)not change the reported rate.
• B)increase the reported unemployment rate.
• C)change the reported rate, but in an unpredictable manner.
• D)lower the reported rate.

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Definitions:

Competing Unions

A situation where two or more labor unions within the same workplace or industry vie for membership and representation rights.

Company Dominated Unions

Refers to labor unions that are unduly influenced or controlled by employers, which can undermine the union's effectiveness in representing workers' interests.

Closed Shop Agreements

Labor agreements requiring an employer to hire only workers who are already union members, effectively ensuring a unionized workforce.

Taft-Hartley Act

A 1947 federal law in the United States that restricted the activities and power of labor unions, formally known as the Labor Management Relations Act.