PPT-LABOR MARKETS: UNIONS, DISCRIMINATION, AND IMMIGRATION

DR RICHARD GEARHART ENTERPRISE COLLEGE 6162016 LABOR SUPPLY AND DEMAND EQUILIBRIUM UNIONS Unions are a collection of workers that negotiate wages fringe benefits health insurance pension and working conditions provided to them by the employee. of Labor to Industrialization. Enriched Version. Essential Questions. Who entered the workforce and what kind of work did they do?. How did the roles of workers change?. What are unions and how did they work for improvements in the work place?. Chapter 18. Outline. The Demand for Labor and . the Marginal . Product of Labor. Supply of Labor. Labor Market Issues. How Bad Is Labor . Market Discrimination. , or Can Lakisha . Catch a . Break?. 2. The Organized Labor Movement. Workers Endure Hardships:. Dull, repetitive tasks in dangerous, unhealthy working conditions. . Sweatshops – workers breathed in toxic fumes and dust, were injured on unsafe machines, and worked more than 15 hours per day. . Unions and Strikes. Living Conditions for Workers . Tenement:. apartments located in urban slums that lacked light and ventilation . Settlement Houses:. multipurpose buildings . in . poor . neighborhoods that . US History. Objectives :. **Describe industrial working conditions in the USA in the late 1800s. **List the barriers to labor . union growth. SOL – VUS.8. Timeline – 1870s-1920s. Oops, I forgot to include this last class. We will: . Look at the causes of increased . worker demand . in industry and why . labor unions. were needed.. I . will: . Understand why workers were needed in industry and why they formed labor unions.. The Failure to Gain Public Acceptance. Factory System. Factory workers cut corners to maximize profits. The employee is no longer a primary concern. Long hours. Low pay. Rigid timetables. Strict discipline. Objective: Explain the causes and effects of the Industrial Revolution with emphasis on-. the changing role of labor and the rise of the union movement.. As you have read, working conditions in factories were often . Tensions . The 1920’s. Emerging Economic Tensions . During WW1 .  low unemployment, booming industry, economy heavily controlled by government . WW1 ends  contracts cancelled, factories closed, crop prices ↓, millions out of work. #4. Labor. Economics. Unit . 4. Essential Questions:. Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of . having an unskilled, skilled, or professional job.. Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of belonging . Transcontinental Railroads. Union . Pacific RR -> built west from Omaha, NE. Given 20 square miles of land for each mile of track laid. Given generous loans from government. “Irish Paddies”. Central Pacific RR -> Sacramento to Sierra Nevada. ’. s?. The Anti-Trust Movement. Many critics of big businesses say that business leaders earned their money through . unfair business practices. !. Large corporations were using their size and strength to . a. Explain the effects of railroads on other industries, including steel and oil.. Effects of the Railroads:. As railroads expanded, they helped to create new technology & encouraged innovations . Warm-Up. What is a strike?. Why would . workers go on strike?. What professions are Union?. The Rise of Organized Labor. . . are taking over what people had done in the past. Growth of machine driven factories.