What were some strategies companies uses against unions? 1. Lockouts

2. Hiring Scabs

3. All of the above

All of the above.

Explanation:

The owners of the companies employed their own strategies. Sometimes if the company had enough supplies, they would lockout the workers. If they wanted to cut pay, they would tell the workers not to show up to work until they agreed to the cut. Often new employees were forced to sign contracts stating they would not join a union. Companies used many strategies to counter a strike. They would try to hire others, people called scabs, who would agree to work during a strike. The strikers would often use violence against these scabs.

All of the above

Explanation:

I took the quiz and all of the above was the correct answer

productive most commonly means: achieving or producing a significant amount or result.

explanation:

productive can also mean:

these depend on how the word productive is used. most likely productive will mean   achieving or producing a significant amount or result.

even though you have attached neither the chart nor the generalizations, i have located them online. the right answer is d, since they are asking you about a generalization. you can only infer from the chart that between 2008 and 2009 the number of employed workers decreased significantly (from over 115 millions to 107 millions approximately), which signals some type of economic crisis.