CIR was formed in 1920 to hear cases and render decisions on areas of ? between labor and ?.

• A. Disagreement / Management
• B. Competition / Labor
• C. Cooperation / Management
• D. Dispute / Union

Answer: (A)

This is about resolving disputes between labor and management. The Commission on Industrial Relations was formed to hear cases and render decisions when workers and employers disagreed over terms like wages, hours, and working conditions. The sentence needs the area described as a disagreement, paired with the other party being management, to reflect that labor and management are the two sides in these disputes. That makes the completed phrase: areas of disagreement between labor and management. The other options don’t fit because they introduce concepts (competition, cooperation) or actors (union) that aren’t the standard labor-vs-management disputes this body addressed.