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Warm Up

Warm Up. Reminder:Problems of Industrialization. Skilled workers replaced with unskilled Pay less ($1.25/day) Can fire easily Work harder (10-12 hrs a day) No benefits Workman’s comp Healthcare Workers abused by the boss because they have no choice Can be replaced easily.

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Warm Up

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  1. Warm Up

  2. Reminder:Problems of Industrialization • Skilled workers replaced with unskilled • Pay less ($1.25/day) • Can fire easily • Work harder (10-12 hrs a day) • No benefits • Workman’s comp • Healthcare • Workers abused by the boss because they have no choice • Can be replaced easily

  3. Vocabulary: define in your book • Labor Union • An organization of workers united to protect and further their rights • Child Labor • The practice of using children for manual labor • Tenement • A run down apartment building, small. Or, slum. • Arbitration • A legal process where an independent 3rd party rules on an issue between workers and boss • Collective Bargaining • Negotiating between workers and the boss. Where the workers speak as one, with the same demands • General Strike • A tactic of unions where they don’t work in order to gain concessions, or agreements from an employer • Sit on, sit down, picket

  4. WORD, YO

  5. Emergence of Unions • To protect workers from the worst abuses in business • Labor and Environmental conditions atrocious • Only way to improve conditions is through collective bargaining • Workers bargain as one voice • Gives more power to the workers • Wages, conditions, hours, compensation, safety • Uses strikes, slowdowns, boycotts, walkouts as a tactic

  6. My (monte)video • Strike of 1877

  7. Turn and talk • What made working in Chicago difficult for workers? • What benefit would unions bring these workers?

  8. Exit Question • What were the goals and methods of unions? • Using the vocabulary • living wage • collective bargaining • Tenement • Strike • Union • 8-hour • Arbitration

  9. How should we distribute our wealth?

  10. Qs • Would unions favor capitalism, socialism, or communism? What in their actions show this? • Use the vocab collective bargain, arbitration, strike • Would bosses/industrialists favor capitalism, socialism, or communism? What in their actions show this? • Use the vocab taylorism, social darwinism • Why does this get so violent, yo?

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