New Deal- Unions & Social Security Act

New Deal- Unions & Social Security Act

10.2 Reforms for Workers & Senior Citizens

• •The Wagner Act, or Natl. Labor Relations Act (1935) guarantees workers the right to unionize

• NRLB- power to investigate employers

Multiple Choice

The Wagner Act was important because it allowed:

• Workermen's Compensation

• Workers to organize unions

• Unemployment insurance

• workers to get 2 weeks vacation

10.2 Reforms for Workers & Senior Citizens

• Efforts to organize all workers- skilled & unskilled

• Successful strikes led autoworker and steel worker unions

• 1933-1939 Union membership tripled from 3 to 9 million

Multiple Choice

What types of strikes were used to prevent replacement workers from being brought in?

• wildcat strikes

• boycott strikes

• sitdown strikes

• arbitrary strikes

10.2 Reforms for Workers & Senior Citizens

• The Social Security Act provided financial security for older Americans, unemployed workers

• Workers & employers pay in to system, people can collect at 65

• Critics didn't like it because it forced workers to participate

Multiple Choice

The Social Security Act was probably the most important piece of legislation ever passed by Congress.

• True

• False

10.2 Reforms for Older Americans

• Not all workers included in the SS Act: farm work & domestic workers not included

• SS changes role of govt.- entitlements

• SS continues today, & is an important safety net for older, disabled & unemployed Americans

Multiple Choice

The Social Security Act did not include domestic and farm workers because:

• it was intended to discriminate against African-Americans

• their pay could not be calculated

• their work was seasonal

Multiple Choice

In the 1950's the Social Security Act was amended to include:

• housewives & homemakers

• undocumented immigrants

• dosmestic & farm workers

• African-Americans

Poll

Did this help you understand the purpose of the Social Security Act?

• Yes

• No