Question

In the late 1930s management at Atalanta Industries agreed to hire only those workers who were already members of the Electrical Union. Atalanta agreed to a type of arrangement known as a(n)A. closed shop.

B. union shop.
C. open shop.
D. restricted shop.

Answer 1

A. Closed shop

Step-by-step explanation:

Because in a closed shop, workers must belong to the union before they could be hired. While this type of arrangement was legal in the 1930s, the Taft-Hartley Act declared closed shops illegal

Answer 2

Closed shop

Step-by-step explanation:

A closed shop involves an agreement where the employer only recruits Union members. The workers must remain Union members as long as they work with the employer.

Legality of closed shop varies from country to country.

I'm this instance, Atalanta Industries agrees to hire only those workers who were already members of the Electrical Union. This is a closed shop situation.

Closed shop was declared illegal by the Taft-Hartley act in 1947.