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Is There Still A Place In Modern America for Them?

Is There Still A Place In Modern America for Them?. Union workers Tended to be blue collar, craftsmen , laborors without much formal education. Who Were the first unionists?.

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Is There Still A Place In Modern America for Them?

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  1. Is There Still A Place In Modern America for Them?

  2. Union workers Tended to be blue collar, craftsmen , laborors without much formal education Who Were the first unionists?

  3. Triangle Waist Company fire, killed many young women workers most under 18yrs old. the government became more aware of the need for better labor regulation All the exits were locked.

  4. A textile mill in Lawrence, Ma went on strikeOf the 30,000 workers in Lawrence half were girls and boys 8-12 Children working in the textile mills. Childrenstriking 1913

  5. The mine workers union was one of the first unions, setup to protect the workers interests.Since then many types of unions have evolved

  6. The Best and Worst of Union Leadership Hoffa was convicted of fund fraud, jury tampering and conspiracy Cesar Chavez Jimmy Hoffa He was co-founder of the United Farm Workers Association in 1962 with Delores Huerta.

  7. In Red: union workersIn Grey: non-union worker Show Me The Money: The Real Union Difference

  8. Some of the benefits unions have won for the Labor force • Overtime pay, • Minimum wage, Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) • The treatment of immigrant workers, health and retirement coverage • Civil rights • Unemployment insurance and workers' compensation • Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) • The Occupation Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA)

  9. What is union Busting? • labor consultants, law firms, industrial psychologists, and strike management firms • Busters navigate the labor laws in order to defeat union organizing drives, to defeat strikes, or to decertify unions • $4 billion industry in the United States

  10. Some reasons our economy has succumbed to the recession… America is slowly turning into a consumer based economy • Nafta was enacted which gave protection to investors, and none to workers • NAFTA has eliminated some 766,000 jobs in the U.S. • Only the richest 20% saw a benefit in the U.S.

  11. Our economic state has shown greed from both sides: Labor&Management The current recession has shown that we’re in this together

  12. Unions serve as a protection for workers As a limited group unions are a very good thing Unions are not something necessary, but made necessary by the mistreatment of workers

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