Question: 1.) Which of the following contributed to the growth of public sector unions in the 1960s? Growth in the size of government Example of unions

1.) Which of the following contributed to the growth of public sector unions in the 1960s?

Growth in the size of government

Example of unions in the private sector

Changes in the legal environment

Social movements and change in the 1960s

All of these

2.) Which of the following are unions that primarily represent employees in the federal civilian workforce?

AFGE

NTEU

AFSCME

Teamsters

All of the above

A and B

3.) Which state was the first in the nation to enact legislation granting collective bargaining rights to local government employees?

California

Connecticut

Wisconsin

New York

4.)

True or False:

The agency that oversees and enforces the law in federal labor relations is the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA).

5.) Why was Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis in April 1968?

To protest school segregation

To support striking city sanitation workers

To negotiate a teachers' contract

None of the above

6.) True or False:

Public employees are not allowed to go on strike.

7.)

True or False:

Public employees are not allowed to go on strike.

8.) The federation that most U.S. unions belong to is called:

The AFL-CIO

The American Labor Congress

The Trade Union League

None of the above

9.) A strike that contributed to the passage of public sector collective bargaining legislation in New Hampshire was:

The Manchester Police Strike of 1919

The Concord City Workers Strike of 1946

The Timberlane Teachers Strike of 1974

The New Hampshire State Employees Strike of 1981

10.)

True of False:

One of the major reasons that workers form and join unions is to gain a "voice" over their own compensation and working conditions.

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