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When the US labor relations system works most effectively when efficiency, equity and voice are achieved achieved through ___________ _____________.

Voice is an objective of the employment relationship.  It is the provision of fair labor standards and practices.

If 25% of private sector workers want a union, and 50% of public sectors workers want a union, but the actual representation rates are 15% and 38% respectively.  The public sector representation gap is:

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Evaluate the success of Reconstruction.

A pin-connected wood truss is loaded and supported as shown. Determine the axial force produced in member GH if PB = 1,000 lb, PC = 2,200 lb, PD = 3,200 lb, L = 6 ft, and h = 8 ft. Positive choices indicate tension. Negative choices indicate compression.

There are six (6) primary mechanisms for creating workplace rules (workplace governance). Which mechanism focuses on work rules determined by workers or their representatives? 

Unemployment increased in the early 1980s, and was accompanied by ______________ _____________ whereby unions agreed to reductions in wages, benefits and work rules.

Costumes were historically accurate during the ______________________.