What term is an association of workers united to protect and improve working conditions?

• A. Muckraker
• B. Progressive
• C. Organized Labor
• D. Political Corruption

Answer: (C)

Unions represent workers who join together to protect and improve their working conditions. This is organized labor. They use collective bargaining to negotiate wages, hours, safety, and benefits with employers, and they may use actions like strikes if they can’t reach an agreement. In U.S. history, unions formed to address dangerous factories, low pay, and unfair rules that individuals couldn’t fight alone.

Muckraker refers to investigative journalists who exposed corruption and social issues. A Progressive is part of a reform movement seeking broader social and political changes. Political corruption means illegal or unethical behavior by those in power. None of those describe a group of workers banding together to bargain with employers the way organized labor does.