首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
An industrial society, especially one as centralized and concentrated as that of Britain, is heavily dependent on certain essent
An industrial society, especially one as centralized and concentrated as that of Britain, is heavily dependent on certain essent
admin
2019-02-17
64
问题
An industrial society, especially one as centralized and concentrated as that of Britain, is heavily dependent on certain essential services: for instance, electricity supply, water, rail and road transport, the harbors. The area of dependency has widened to include removing rubbish, hospital and ambulance services, and, as the economy develops, central computer and information services as well. If any of these services ceases to operate, the whole economic system is in danger. It is this economic inter-dependency of the economic system which makes the power of trade unions(工会)such an important issue. Single trade unions have the ability to cut off many countries’ economic blood supply.
This can happen more easily in Britain than in some other countries, in part because the labor force is highly organized. About 55 percent of British workers belong to unions, compared to under a quarter in the United States.
For historical reasons, Britain’ s unions have tended to develop along trade(行业)and occupational lines, rather than on an industry-by-industry basis, which makes a wages policy, democracy in industry and the improvement of procedures for fixing wage levels difficult to achieve.
There are considerable strains and tensions in the trade union movement, some of them arising from their outdated and inefficient structure. Some unions have lost many members because of their industrial changes.
Others are involved in arguments about who should represent workers in new trades. Unions for skilled trades are separated from general unions, which means that different levels of wages for certain jobs are often a source of bad feelings between unions. In traditional trades which are being pushed out of existence by advancing technologies, unions can fight for their members ’ disappointing jobs to the point where the jobs of other union members are threatened or destroyed. The printing of newspapers both in the United States and in Britain has frequently been halted by the efforts of printers to hold on to their traditional highly-paid jobs.
Trade unions have problems of internal communication just as managers in companies do, problems which multiply in very large unions or in those which bring workers in very different industries together into a single general union. Some trade union officials have to be re-elected regularly: others are elected, or even appointed, for life. Trade union officials have to work with a system of "shop stewards"(工厂工人代表)in many unions, "shop stewards" being workers elected by other workers as their representatives at factory or work level.
There are disagreements between unions because some of them______.
选项
A、take over other unions’ jobs
B、protect their own members at the cost of others
C、neglect agreements
D、endeavor to win over members of other unions
答案
B
解析
由题干中的“disagreements between unions”可以定位到文中第五段。该段主要在讲不同工会之间的矛盾和冲突,原因在于各个工会都致力于维护自己工会会员的利益。第五段第三句提到在那些因先进技术而被迫破产的传统行业,工会因会员的工作令人失望而反抗,甚至到了使其他工会会员的工作受到威胁或破坏的地步。故选B。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/tl47777K
0
大学英语四级
相关试题推荐
Itisallverywelltoblametrafficjams,thecostofpetrolandthequickpaceofmodernlife,butmannersontheroadsarebe
TheNutrientsinFoodA)Nutrientsarethepartsoffoodthatareimportantforlifeandhealth.Nutrientsareimportantforthre
A、Healthandsafetyconditionsintheworkplace.B、Rightsandresponsibilitiesofcompanyemployees.C、Commoncomplaintsmadeby
A、Askingtheneighborhoodcommitteeforhelp.B、Limitingtheamountoflaundryforeachwash.C、Informingthebuildingmanagero
Energyindependence.Ithasaniceringtoit.Doesn’tit?Ifyouthinkso,you’renotalone,becauseenergyindependencehasbe
Globalwarmingisatrendtowardwarmerconditionsaroundtheworld.Partofthewarmingisnatural;wehaveexperienceda20,00
A、Becauseitcannotbenoticedbyhumansenses.B、Becausesometimesitcanbedetectedbyhumansense.C、Becauseitmaybealla
A、Droptheclass.B、Makeupthemissedlessons.C、Stoptakingparttimejob.D、Transfertoanotherschool.A信息明示题。听到女士的解释之后,男士说I
A、Insidethecar.B、Atthefootofthehill.C、Inthegarage.D、Inthesupermarket.D关键是听懂文章最后一句,其中提到“跑车司机刚走出超市”,说明事故发生时,那个司机在超市
A、Theindustryiscausingclimatechange.B、Vegetariansarehealthierthanmeateaters.C、Hamburgersarenolongpopularamongp
随机试题
烧伤后防止急性肾功能衰竭的关键措施是
冠状动脉CTA在临床应用广泛,关于冠状动脉CTA。进一步处理是
甲市乙区人民检察院对甲市乙区人民法院的第一审判决提起二审抗诉,关于抗诉的说法哪些是正确的?()
电缆在室外直接埋地敷设,埋设深度一般为()m。
根据契税的有关规定,下列项目中需要征收契税的情况是()。
(1)欣赏音乐能调整人的精神和心理状态(2)正确使用音乐治疗效果极佳(3)古典音乐大师的不朽之作成为一付付灵丹妙药(4)音乐参与现代人的保健,治疗和康复(5)音乐疗法已进入了千家万户
根据以下资料,回答下面小题。2013年上海市私营经济占全社会固定资产投资总额的比重比外商及港澳台投资经济占全社会固定资产投资总额的比重()。
从所给的四个选项中,选择最合适的一个填入问号处,使之呈现一定的规律性。
关于数组和指针,以下说法错误的是()。
A、Ignoringthesignsandsymptomsofaging.B、Adoptinganoptimisticattitudetowardslife.C、Endeavoringtogiveupunhealthyl
最新回复
(
0
)