PPT-Labor Unions Emerge Unionization

At this time things paid vacation sick leave collecting unemployment workers compensation Didnt exist Unionization Many were dying on the job and no family compensation Dirty factories. 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?. The Middle Ages. Germanic Kingdoms Emerge. Germanic Kingdoms Emerge. Germanic Kingdoms. In the upheaval between . 400 and 600. , small . Germanic kingdoms. replaced Roman . provinces. Borders. . changed. 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 . Class 19 – Chapter 13. WORKING WITH ORGANIZED LABOR. History of Labor Unions. Most instances of labor unrest in the Colonial era were temporary and isolated. 1636 – Fisherman’s strike in Maine. 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. 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 . The Politics of Economic Injustice and the Roots of Union Renewal. Oregon Education Association . “Powerful Locals First Convocation”. Lane Community College. Eugene, Oregon. December 7, 2012. Bob Bussel. The first large- scale national organization of laborers, The National Labor Union (NLU), was formed in 1866 by iron worker William H . Sylvis. Some National Labor Unions refused to let in African Americans, so it led to the creation of the Color National Labor Union (CNLU). to fight for better rights. Strikes- . workers . unite and refuse to work . until needs . are met. . Opposing Unions. Yellow-dog contract- required a worker to not join a Union. Lockout- employers prevent unions from forming by denying them entry to work. the . Wages of Workers?. Union Membership as a. Share of the Work Force. Union Membership Trend. Since the mid-1950s, union membership has declined.. It declined slowly as a . share . of the labor force . What was the Populist Movement and what were their goals?. What was the Gold V. Silver Standard debate about? How does this help us understand monetary policy today?. Do the Populists succeed in changing the conditions of society? Do they change the Gold Standard? Why?. Why would strikers use picket lines in front of the building?. What professions are Union?. The Rise of Organized Labor. Machines are taking over what people had done in the past. Growth of machine driven factories. The Labor Movement. Today, one out of every eight working Americans is a member of a labor union. In 1778, printers in New York City joined together to demand higher pay – this was the first attempt to organize labor in America.