Q TRUE/FALSE 1. Workers use the ability to achieve economic gains in the form of higher wages and improved benefits to gauge the effectiveness of a union. 2. Job factors used in evaluating jobs include skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions in varying degrees depending on the type of organization. 3. The process of systematically securing information and facts about what employees do in various jobs is called a job description. 4. Area wage surveys which are conducted to ensure that external labor market considerations are included in the wage structure are published by the AFL-CIO and the CTW. 5. A major reason for a piece-rate compensation plan is that many production jobs are machine paced, so employees have limited control over the pace of work and thus the number of items produced during scheduled work hours. 6. During economic downturns and recessions, management will often claim an inability to pay as a criterion for wage determination.

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