The Labor Movement

Labor Unions

Career & Financial Management

Aim: How do labor unions help employees?

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1. Employees should have the right to ask for higher pay.

• AGREE

• DISAGREE

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2. When people organize in a group, they have more power.

• AGREE

• DISAGREE

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3. Employers always put their workers' needs first.

• AGREE

• DISAGREE

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4. A company should have the right to fire an employee for any reason.

• AGREE

• DISAGREE

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5. When people work at the same job, they have many of the same problems and concerns.

• AGREE

• DISAGREE

What is a labor union?

• An organization of workers in a trade, industry or company

• Work to improve pay and working conditions

Collective bargaining

• Union representatives negotiate with employers

• The agreement establishes the rules of employment like working conditions and pay

Union dues

• The cost to be part of the union

• Paid by the employee/union member

🚫 Union busting

• Any actions by management to prevent workers from organizing.

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Exit Ticket:

Write one thing that you learned today about how unions help workers.