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1.You are advising labor leaders in 1903. What is your Number #1 recommendation for what should be labor’s main objectives: (a) laws that set minimum wages and maximum working hours; (b) laws that provide safe and healthy working conditions; or (c) laws requiring union recognition and bargaining with businesses? WHY?
2. You are advising labor leaders in 1903. What is your Number #1 recommendation for achieving union goals in 1903: (a) threaten big strikes; (b) gain closer relations with business leaders; (c) create public support for labor and labor issues; (d) create government support for labor and labor issues; (e) create a labor party? WHY?
Answer 1: As a advising labour leader, i will recommend option (b) laws that provide safe and healthy working conditions because good working conditions can provide social protection and status, personal development opportunities, and protection from physical and psychosocial hazards. They can also improve social relations and self esteem of employees and lead to positive health effects.
Answer 2: As a advising labour leader, i will recommend option (d) create government support for labor and labor issues because only government can help to grow wages by raising the minimum wage, updating overtime rules; strengthening rights to collective bargaining, regularizing undocumented workers, ending forced arbitration, securing workers' access to sick leave and paid family leave,closing race and gender inequities. All this will give a sense of security and healthy suppotive environment to the labours and which will help us in achieving union goals in 1903.