Which of the Following Is True of the Telephone Operators

question 123

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of the Telephone Operators' Department of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers?

• A) Out of the belief that they were detrimental to the cause of all workers, its leaders stood against strikes
• B) Its leaders were socialists who wanted the federal government to nationalize the Bell system
• C) It urged the Bell system to adopt the theories of Frederick Taylor
• D) Women played a prominent role in one of its major strikes

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