THE LAST HST EXAM WOOOOO

how are union meetings ran

using roberts rules of order

what are unions governed by

the constitution

how is leadership elected

by members at all levels

how UAW members appeal a decision made by the board

public review board or convention appeal comittee

what is a public review board

not union leaders, kind of like supreme court

what is a convention appeal comittee

trial by jury to get your appeal through

examples of local union comittees

community services- aid to public, backpacks for kids at school, hosts 5050 raffles and donate the money for christmas presents

women-

education-

what did the treaty of detroit bring to workers

paid holidays, health insurance, tuition refunds, overtime pay, seniority, legal aid, pensions

what are 2 factors that contribute to the reduction of union members in the US: 1981-2023

new wave of anti-unionism begins in 1980, there is fundamental change in way that goods are produced: Lean Production

what is lean production

use half human effort, manufacturing space, investment tools, engineering hours, time to develop new products

what happened in the new wave of antiunionism

law firms specialize in union avoidance (playbook), Reagan helped unions being seen as selfish lawbreakers screwing over regular americans

right to work laws

prohibits employees from being required to join or financially support a labor union

what is left of the treaty of detroit

no more job security, uniform pay scales, garanteed pay raises, child care assistance, cost of living raises

the future of work and labor unions

us labor law needs major reform, it is too hard to organize workers into unions and obtain a first contract from an employer,

there should be delegated labor court to resolve things more quickly,

increase the role of 3rd party neutrals

challenges facing workers and unions

we need to remove barriers that prevent working people from joining the middle class:

• universal healthcare

• subsidized daycare

• free tuition

• low interest housing loans

many jobs are on the verge of being automated again with new technology

SEIU

service employees international union

goal is to organize everything

has devisions such as healthcare, building services, public employees

social movement unionism

justice for janitors

parental leave

no parental leave nationally

usa is only industrialized nation that doesn’t give parental paid family leave at national level for men and women

family and medical leave act 1993

allowing employees to take reasonable unpaid leave for certain family and medical reasons

sex and the work place

consent was changed after the clinton scandal, it now included power dynamics

sex-typing at work: women could not work construction, men could not be nurses.

• BFQQ allows discrimination for certain positions: airpilots have a required retirement age for saftey, catholic priests must be catholic

lavender menace

group of lesbian against discrimination of lesbians in the femenist movement

rights of disabled workers

americans with disabilities act of 1990: no discrimination with employement of ppl with disabilities

• if corrective measures solve the problem they are not considered disabled

• the definiation of disabled is still being debated today

• ppl still feel that work isnt accomadating ppl with disabilities

  • most unemployed and in poverty

love canal

buried chemicals in the ground, were found to cause cancer and birth defects in love canal, protested to gov to help them move out, gov bought their houses

battle of seattle

neoliberism

deregulation

free market

open boarders

gov cant interfere with markets

pro globalization

Sears and sexism

women worked in clothes and makeup

only part time

never included women in anything else bc “women like where they work”

EEOC says just because it is devided doesnt mean it is discrimitory

The Downriver disaster

ESOP

workers wanted to help keep plant open, state helped with financing, involves concessions and downsizing work force, employes purchased company stock

NAFTA

low-wage Mexican workers into competition with US and Canadian workers, and Mexican farmers in competition with huge and mechanized US and Canadian farms

Banking act of 1933

EFCA

eliminated primary tactics of employer resistance to unionism, allow workers to choose union through NLRB supervised elections or card check process

walmart

did not produce goods, imported them

would not bargain, subjected new employes to antiunion propoganda

used tech to do inventory control to quickly control prices

TANF

This legislation placed limits on material assistance to able-bodied adults (and their dependent children) and forced more people off welfare rolls and into the job market.