Unit VI The American Labor Force What is the civilian labor force Men and women 16 and up who are either working or seeking employment What is a labor union Groups of workers who fight together for ID: 1027274
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1. WarmupHow do you think the work place would be if there were no laws protecting workers?
2. Unit VIThe American Labor Force
3. What is the civilian labor force?Men and women 16 and up who are either working or seeking employment
4. What is a labor union?Groups of workers who fight together for Higher paySafer working conditions
5. Types of unionsCraft/Trade UnionsWorkers who perform the same skillsEx: newspaper writersIndustrial unionsDifferent types of workers from the same industryEX: United Auto Workers
6. How are unions organized?Local UnionsMembers of a unoin in a factory, company, or geographic areaNational Unions Represent workers on a national levelAFL-CIO: American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations
7. How do labor unions and management work to negotiate working conditions and benefits?Collective Bargaining – officials from union and company meet to discuss new contractsMediation – 3rd party is brought in to help reach compromiseArbitration – 3rd party listens to both sides and comes up with solution which both sides agree to accept
8. What do both sides do when an agreement can not be reached?Labor Union ToolsStrike – workers in union refuse to workBoycott – encourage the public to refuse to buy company goodsPicketing – workers form a line outside company; prevents others from working and draws attention
9. Management ToolsInjunction – legal order preventing some activityCan be used to prevent picketing/strikingLockout – company prevents workers from entering building until they accept contract termsEX NBA lockout in 1999 and 2011; MLB in 1995.
10. Types of arrangements unions and employers makeClosed shop – workers had to join a union before they could be hired (now illegal)Union shops – companies can hire someone as long as they join shortly after beginning to work
11. Types of arrangements unions and employers makeModified Union Shop – workers do not have to join a union to work, but must remain in union once joining.Agency Shop – workers must pay fee to union for representing them even if they do not join
12. How have laws passed at the federal and state level affected union activity?Clayton Act (1914) – gave legal support to peaceful strikes and boycottsTaft-Hartley Act (1947) – declared closed shops illegalRight-to-work Laws – prevent mandatory union membership (22 states, including NC)National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) – makes sure that unions are brought into workplace only if majority of workers request it.
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