QUESTIONS ON THE REQUIRED READINGS

1. What are the three types of labor organizations? (Fetter, page 299.)

2. Who were the Knights of Labor? (Bullock, page 316.)

3. What is the economic justification of the trade union? (Ely, pages 445-446.)

4. Outline the history of the American Federation of Labor. (Carlton, pages 74-82.)

5. What are some of the secondary functions of the trade union? (Fetter, pages 298-299.)

6. Among what groups of workers is the trade union strong? Among what groups is it weak? (Fetter, page 300.)

7. What effect has unionism had upon wages? (Fetter, pages 306-307.)

8. What is meant by limitation of output? (Ely, pages 449-450.)

9. What is a standard wage? (Bullock, pages 320-321.)

10. What is the legal status of the strike? (Bullock, pages 328-329.)

11. What is scientific management? (Bullock, pages 339-340.)

12. What will probably be the future development of the trade union? (Ely, pages 468-469.)