Several members of a small-town police department came down with the b

QUESTION

Several members of a small-town police department came down with the blue flu when they performed this act that is illegal for some members of public-employee unions.

A) work slowdown
B) wildcat strike
C) sickout
D) sympathy strike
E) secondary boycott

ANSWER

Answer: C
Explanation: C) A variant on the slowdown is the sickout, in which large numbers of employees call in sick and don’t report for work. Sickouts are sometimes illegally performed by members of public-employee unions, such as police officers (the “blue flu”), who are prohibited from striking.