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Chapter 8: Employment, Labor, and Wages
Chapter 8 - The American Labor Force
Chapter 8 Video, 2:11
Cf. http://www.glencoe.com/video_library/index_with_mods.php?PROGRAM=9780078747649&VIDEO=-1&CHAPTER=8
Section 1: The Labor Movement
A description is given of the growth of the labor movement from its roots in craft unions to industrial unions. Organized labor was generally unpopular until the Great Depression, but labor made great strides during the 1930s and did not lose public favor again until after the end of World War II when the Taft-Hartley Act was passed in 1947. During early development of union, the two types of unions are the craft or trade union and the industrial union, and their actions consisted of striking, picketing, and boycotting. In today’s society, the union arrangements consist of closed shop, union, shop, modified union shop, and agency shop.
In 2010, the BLS said union membership fell by 617,000, to 14.7 million. A decade ago, 16.3 million people were in unions.
Union members now make up 11.9 percent of the workforce. A decade ago, that figure stood at 13.4 percent.
The BLS offers an interesting tidbit about union members.
* The occupations with the highest union membership rate included education, training and library jobs.
Student Web Activity
"Labor Unions and the AFL-CIO"
Introduction
The American Federation of Labor (AFL) began in 1886 as an organization of craft unions. Later, it added several industrial unions. The trade and industrial unions did not always agree over the future of the union movement. Consequently, eight of the AFL industrial unions formed the Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO) in 1935. In 1955, after almost twenty years of disagreement, the AFL and CIO finally settled most of their differences and joined to form the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). In this activity you will learn more about the AFL-CIO and its role in our modern economy.
Destination Title: AFL-CIO
In-class assignment: with a partner, answer the following.
Directions
Start at the AFL-CIO home page.
* Click on "About Us" for information about this labor organization
* Browse through the various categories and then answer the following questions.
1. What are the goals described in the AFL-CIO's mission statement?
Cf. http://www.aflcio.org/aboutus/thisistheaflcio/mission/
2. What are some of the accomplishments of the AFL-CIO?
In "About Us"
3. Select the "Union facts" link and read through the text on the page. What reasons are given for why people join unions?
The Union Difference
Cf. http://www.aflcio.org/joinaunion/why/uniondifference/index.cfm
Cf. http://www.aflcio.org/aboutus/faq/
4. Next, select the link "State and Local Union Movements" from the menu on the left. Select your state from the map. List at least two labor councils active in your state.
Cf. http://pa.aflcio.org/353/
Cf. http://www.sepaalf.org/
Section 1 The Labor Movement
Section Preview
Content Vocabulary
craft union
trade union
industrial union
strike
picket
boycott
lockout
company union
Great Depression
right-to-work law
Right to Work - Real Facts About Right to Work Laws, 4:00
In-class assignment, with a partner, answer the following.
What is a right to work state?
What does it allow?
Does it undermine unions?
Are wages lower in right to work states?
Is there less health care available in those states?
In a strong union state, such as Michigan, do the professors advocate unions?
independent union
closed shop
union shop
modified union shop
agency shop
civilian labor force
Chapter 8, Section 1 - Reading Strategy
In-class assignment: with a partner, fill in the graphic organizer.
Note major events in the history of the U.S. labor movement by completing the time line.
Cf. http://glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/socialstudies/igo_08/epp/ch_08/EPP_ch08_sec1_1.pdf
Issues in the News
Restaurant Fined Over Youth Program
Colonial Times to the 1930s
Early Union Development
Civil War to the 1930s
Types of Unions
Union Activities
Employer Resistance
The Ludlow Massacre
Howard Zinz about Ludlow Massacre, 3:31
In-class assignment: with a partner, answer the following.
What famous rich American family was involved?
What does the communist historian Howard Zinn relate about the massacre?
What had happened to strikers for years?
Attitude of the Courts
Labor Since the 1930s
Labor in the Great Depression
Pro-Union Legislation
Antiunion Backlash
The AFL-CIO
The AFL-CIO and Obama, 1:36
In-class assignment, with a partner, answer the following.
Who does Obama consult with more? The AFL-CIO's Richard Trumka or members of the cabinet?
Independent Unions
Organized Labor Today
Kinds of Union Arrangements
Unionized Workers in the Labor Force
The Global Economy and You - The Union Safety Net Unravels
In-class assignment: with a partner, fill in the graphic organizer.
Chapter 8, Section 1 - Review
Use the graphic organizer to describe the different types of union arrangements.
Cf. http://glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/socialstudies/igo_08/epp/ch_08/EPP_ch08_sec1_2.pdf
Profiles in Economics
Cesar Chavez
Cesar Chavez: Embrace the Legacy, 5:21
In-class assignment, with a partner, answer the following.
Which famous American politician supported Cesar Chavez?
What was his struggle for?
In what grade did his education end?
What things did he fight for?
Who are the Hollywood figures who supported Chavez?
Section 2: Wages and Labor Disputes
Different occupations and levels of training are rewarded with different wages. Economists divide labor into four non-competing labor grades based on a worker's education, training, and skills. These categories include unskilled labor, semiskilled labor, skilled labor, and professional labor. In addition, there are many negotiation methods: collective bargaining, mediation, arbitration, fact-finding, injunction, and seizure. Finally, the president may intervene in a labor-management dispute.
Figure 8.5 Market Theory of Wage Determination, p. 209
Cf. http://glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/socialstudies/in_motion_08/epp/EPP_p209.swf
Chapter 8, Section 2 - Reading Strategy
In-class assignment: with a partner, fill in the graphic organizer.
Complete the graphic organizer that describes the different ways labor disputes are resolved.
Cf. http://glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/socialstudies/igo_08/epp/ch_08/EPP_ch08_sec2_1.pdf
Chapter 8, Section 2 - Review
In-class assignment: with a partner, fill in the graphic organizer.
Describe the four approaches to wage determination.
Cf. http://glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/socialstudies/igo_08/epp/ch_08/EPP_ch08_sec2_2.pdf
Section 3: Employment Trends and Issues
There are several trends and issues in today's economy. The first is the continuing decline of union membership and influence since the end of World War II. The second is the income gap between men and women, and policies such as set-aside contracts, which are designed to remedy it. The last is the issue of the minimum wage, which is measured in current dollars, inflation-adjusted dollars, and as a percent of the average manufacturing wage.
Chapter 8, Section 3 - Reading Strategy
In-class assignment: with a partner, fill in the graphic organizer.
Explain why women face an income gap.
Cf. http://glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/socialstudies/igo_08/epp/ch_08/EPP_ch08_sec3_1.pdf
Chapter 8, Section 3 - Review
In-class assignment: with a partner, fill in the graphic organizer.
List three ways firms renegotiate union contracts.
Cf. http://glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/socialstudies/igo_08/epp/ch_08/EPP_ch08_sec3_2.pdf
Chapter 8 Crossword Puzzle
Cf. http://www.glencoe.com/olc_games/game_engine/content/gln_ss/epp_08/ch08/index.html
Vocabulary Flashcard
Cf. http://www.glencoe.com/qe/efcsec.php?qi=15443
Self-check Quiz
Cf. http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078747643/student_view0/unit3/chapter8/self-check_quizzes.html
References
Ch. 6 Prep
Chapter 6: Prices and Decision Making
Multiple Choice Quiz
Cf. http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078747643/student_view0/unit2/chapter6/self-check_quizzes.html
ePuzzle Concentration
Cf. http://www.glencoe.com/olc_games/game_engine/content/gln_ss/epp_05/chapter06/index.html
Academic, Glossary, People/Places/Events
Cf. http://www.glencoe.com/qe/efcsec.php?qi=15429
Chapter 7 Resources
Cf. http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078747643/student_view0/unit2/chapter7/
Preview
Unit 3: Economic Institutions and Issues
Chapters 8-11
Cf. http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078747643/student_view0/unit3/
Deadline for Action: Labor Unions & Corporate Influence on the U.S. Congress (1/3) (1946), 10:08
John Llewellyn Lewis (1880--1969) was the autocratic president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW) from 1920 to 1960, and the driving force behind the founding of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). Using UMW organizers the new CIO established the United Steel Workers of America (USWA) and organized millions of other industrial workers in the 1930s. A powerful speaker and strategist, Lewis did not hesitate to shut down coal production—the nation's main energy and heating source—to achieve his goals.
Lewis threw his support behind Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) at the outset of the New Deal. After the passage of the Wagner Act in 1935, Lewis traded on the tremendous appeal that Roosevelt had with workers in those days, sending organizers into the coal fields to tell workers that "The President wants you to join the Union." His UMW was one of FDR's main financial supporters in 1936, contributing over $500,000.
Lewis expanded his base by organizing the so-called "captive mines," those held by the steel producers such as U.S. Steel. That required in turn organizing the steel industry, which had defeated union organizing drives in 1892 and 1919 and which had resisted all organizing efforts since then fiercely. The task of organizing steelworkers, on the other hand, put Lewis at odds with the AFL, which looked down on both industrial workers and the industrial unions that represented all workers in a particular industry, rather than just those in a particular skilled trade or craft.
Lewis was the first president of the Committee of Industrial Organizations. Lewis, in fact, was the CIO: his UMWA provided the great bulk of the financial resources that the CIO poured into organizing drives by the United Automobile Workers (UAW), the USWA, the Textile Workers Union and other newly formed or struggling unions. Lewis hired back many of the people he had exiled from the UMWA in the 1920s to lead the CIO and placed his protégé Philip Murray at the head of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee. Lewis played the leading role in the negotiations that led to the successful conclusion of the Flint sit-down strike conducted by the UAW in 1936-1937 and in the Chrysler sit-down strike that followed.
The CIO's actual membership (as opposed to publicity figures) was 2,850,000 for February 1942. This included 537,000 members of the UAW, just under 500,000 Steel Workers, almost 300,000 members of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, about 180,000 Electrical Workers, and about 100,000 Rubber Workers. The CIO also included 550,000 members of the United Mine Workers, which did not formally withdraw from the CIO until later in the year. The remaining membership of 700,000 was scattered among thirty-odd smaller unions. (Galenson, p. 585)
The war mobilization dramatically expanded union membership, from 8.7 million in 1940 to over 14.3 million in 1945, about 36% of the work force. For the first time large numbers of women factory workers were enrolled. Both the AFL and CIO supported Roosevelt in 1940 and 1944, with 75% or more of their votes, millions of dollars, and tens of thousands of precinct workers. However, Lewis opposed Roosevelt on foreign policy grounds in 1940. He took the Mine Workers out of the CIO and rejoined the AFL. All labor unions strongly supported the war effort after June 1941 (when Germany invaded the Soviet Union). Left-wing activists crushed wildcat strikes. Nonetheless, Lewis realized that he had enormous leverage. In 1943, the middle of the war, when the rest of labor was observing a policy against strikes, Lewis led the miners out on a twelve-day strike for higher wages; the depth of public dismay—even hatred—of Lewis was palpable. In November 1943 the Fortune poll asked, "Are there any prominent individuals in this country who you feel might be harmful to the future of the country unless they are curbed?" 36% spontaneously named Lewis. (Next came 3% who named Roosevelt.) As a result the Conservative coalition in Congress was able to pass anti-union legislation, leading to the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947.
American Free Enterprise System: Your Town - A Story of America (1940), 10:57
Santana - Oye Como Va - Tanglewood - 1970/08/18, 4:38
Carlos Santana - guitar, vocals
Gregg Rolie - keyboards, piano, lead vocals
Neal Schon - guitar
David Brown - bass
Michael Shrieve - drums
Jose Chepito Areas - percussion, conga, timbales
Mike Carabello - percussion, conga, vocals
Thomas Coke Escovedo - percussion
The original Santana line-up and at this concert is the same one that plays on the first two albums ("Santana" and "Abraxas").
Woody Guthrie Ludlow Massacre, 3:31
Ch. 6 Sec. 1 Quiz Monday
Ch. 6 Sec. 2 Quiz Tuesday
Ch. 6 Sec. 3 Quiz Friday
8 March, Ch. 6 Test
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Monday HW
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