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What best defines a monopoly? The exclusive control of a product by business.
What advantages did corporations have over small business? raw material discounts reduction of unit cost specialists better production methods antitrust laws.
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The most common types of corporations are C-corps (double taxed) and S-corps (not double taxed). Advantages of a corporation include personal liability protection, business security and continuity, and easier access to capital.
Answer Expert Verified. Factory workers dread unemployment because it reduced the power of the unions to bargain for the workers. When there’s a huge glut of excess labor union power dies because the unions can capture no more jobs than what are available.
Why did workers dread layoffs? They didn’t have insurance. In the 1870s violent conflicts broke out between which two groups of people?
Largest unions
Name | est. | Members (approx) |
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American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees | 1932 | 1,459,511 |
Teamsters | 1903 | 1,400,000 |
United Food and Commercial Workers | 1979 | 1,300,000 |
United Auto Workers | 1935 | 990,000 |
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is the largest public union. In the United States today, government workers have the highest union membership rate. As a group, wholesale and retail trade workers have the lowest rate of union membership.
The Largest Labor Unions in the US
Rank | Union Name | Members (Est.) |
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1 | Education Association of the United States | 2,731,419 |
2 | Service Employees International Union | 1,901,161 |
3 | American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees | 1,459,511 |
4 | Teamsters | 1,400,000 |