Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence and fill in the appropriate answer above.
1-
Swedish unions do not rely much on formal organizing campaigns; employees join either of their own ......... or as a result of group pressure.
A -
decision
B -
purpose
C -
volition
D -
willpower
2-
Being outside a union is a risky business, as unions control much of labour regulation; though any form of ......... against non-unionized employees is against the law, it can be hidden by employers acting together with unions.
A -
derogation
B -
discrimination
C -
ostracization
D -
segregation
3-
Unionization rates in the service sector are significantly lower than in industry, at least among blue-collar workers; still, they ......... around 70 per cent, a figure that is high enough not to cause serious union worry.
A -
hover
B -
idle
C -
sidle
D -
quiver
4-
Atypical work has ......... and now accounts for some 30 to 35 per cent of total employment; however, atypical employees are unionized to the same extent as others, perhaps slightly more so.
A -
bloomed
B -
blossomed
C -
flowered
D -
mushroomed
5-
The reason seems to be that they are more ......... to exploitation and so have more to gain from union membership.
A -
amenable
B -
amicable
C -
viable
D -
vulnerable
6-
Effective collective ......... arrangements exist in all sectors of the economy.
A -
bargaining
B -
contracting
C -
dealing
D -
striking
7-
Even the temporary work business is unionized and covered by a ......... collective agreement.
A -
comprehensible
B -
comprehensive
C -
exhaustive
D -
inexhaustible
8-
The greatest difficulty is to make salaries respond to changes in market demand: the pay structure is highly ......... in the sense that it is extremely difficult to change the relative level of different categories of employees.
A -
rigged
B -
rigid
C -
seated
D -
set
9-
If one union manages to negotiate extra high pay increases for its members, perhaps due to market forces, all other unions will immediately demand — and fight hard for — the same increase, threatening to ......... the initial effect.
A -
redo
B -
remake
C -
undo
D -
unmake
10-
Unions have a ......... monopoly on collective pay regulation since there is no free labour market in the sense of a market not governed by collective agreements.