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Democrats and Republican’s who’s at Fault? . By: Ashley Alvarenga , Greg Batista, Sokunthea Johnson Rin , Trieu Van. What is a Union?. Union are important for the workers around the world because it protect their rights and benefits.
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Democrats and Republican’s who’s at Fault? By: Ashley Alvarenga, Greg Batista, Sokunthea Johnson Rin, Trieu Van
What is a Union? • Union are important for the workers around the world because it protect their rights and benefits. • Without unions, employees could suffer from being cheated, abuse or exploitative from their employer.
How does it operate? • Unions operate as a group. • Unions are like families • Everyone is looking out for one another • Choosing a Union leader is a strict democratic process and members of the union nominate and these elections happen every three years.
TerkelQuote • “the scars brought home” • This shows that before the Union, many workers would get scars due to bad work conditions. • Terkel also said “violence to the spirit as well as the body” • Unfair work conditions can bring violence to the spirits of many workers as well as their bodies and also break down their spirits. • “search for daily meaning [not a] Monday through Friday sort of dying” • Today workers work from Monday to Friday in order to support their familieswith a meaning.
Wisconsin Issue • February 16, 2011, Scott Walker described his plan for Wisconsin. • Uprising is cause. • require public workers to pay more for their health insurance and pensions • It limit the Union’s bargaining rights. • One of the worst attacks to hit the Union
Block on Wisconsin Bill • Judge Maryann Sumi puts a temporary restraining order block on the bill which stopped it from taking effect. • Republicans violated Wisconsin’s requirement for a bill to be passed. • Did not hold a quorum • Quorum - the number (as a majority) of officers or members of a body that when duly assembled is legally competent to transact business.
Ohio Issue • Ohio lawmakers passed an anti-union bill. • It would allow bargaining over wages. • but not health coverage and pensions. • would allow public-employee unions to bargain only when the public employer chose to do so.
Oral History • Done by Ashley Alvarenga • Interviewed Mikel Miranda • He is in a Union. • He talks about one of the benefits about being in the union is job security. • They can’t just fire you over something unreasonable. • “I think the big thing for me is basically when non union workers are doing union work they really need to set up,” • This was one of the main things he thought that the union leaders needed to work on
NFL • The NFL might be looking at a lockout this upcoming season • Due to almost the same reason why back in 1987, the players went on strike. • The National Football League Players Association(NFLPA) was trying to get more from the leagues revenue and hoping to win the right for free agency. • Right now the NFLPA is fighting for their payroll and want to make more then what they are now. • The U.S. Judge has said that both sides won’t convene until May 16.
Important of a Union • Without a Union, workers will be cheated by their employer in many ways like health insurance and overtime. • In China’s Wal-Mart Section, the situations is even worse. • Workers have to work for very low wages • Long hours • Live in dorms that are like a slum.
Conclusion • Unions are very important to the public workers. • Union are there to help workers and better the lives of their family. • Even though the Wisconsin bill is at a halt, • People won’t stop fighting for what they believe in.