Exam 13: Work and the Economy

Thomas had employment on an auto assembly line but left to enlist in the army, so he could fight Nazis. According to the stages of labour market development model, which stage did Thomas's pre-war employment situation characterize?

What was responsible for the dramatic shift from foraging to agricultural economies?

Brian works a split shift at the drive-through window at a local fast food franchise. He makes minimum wage and no benefits. What type of job would the authors of the textbook argue he has?

According to the textbook, how many paid vacation days are guaranteed to workers annually in Canada?

What distinctive feature characterizes a communist economic system?

To meet consumer demand, a company began to mass produce chickens of a standard size and then slaughter them, process them, and package them. First, the industry had to adopt most features of assembly line production. What term best identifies the creation of chicken factories?

Which sector of the economy is agriculture part of?

Despite the importance of the deskilling thesis in capturing certain tendencies in the development of work, it does not paint a complete picture of work. Which of the following reflects what it misses?

As the division of labour increased, social relations among workers became more hierarchical.

Describe the three sectors of the economy.

Connie and her daughters all work in a salmon processing plant on the north coast of British Columbia. Which sector of the economy are they engaged in?

Labour market segmentation began to develop after World War II, and continued to the present. It was a time when large business organizations emerged.

Medina and Aleksa both work full time sewing children's clothing. The factory Medina works in is unionized, whereas Aleksa's workplace is nonunionized. Based on research cited in this chapter, if Medina is earning $18 per hour, what is Aleksa earning?

Which of the following is the fastest-growing category of part-time workers?

What do we call organizations that work to promote workers' collective interests and rights?

According to Ester Reiter's research on fast-food workers in Toronto, what were the workers trained to do?

Inga and six others representing workers meet monthly with a similar number of managers to discuss worker safety concerns, pay and benefits, development opportunities, and job security. Which of the following advocates this type of collaborative decision making?

Scientific management is often used to refer to mass production, assembly-line work.

Where do unions participate with management to control rates of pay?

What is the dominant economic system worldwide?