What are the pros and cons of unions?
How do you see unions and labor rights fitting in to social
justice?
Google & read a bit about César Chávez and Dolores Huerta.
How do you see social justice in their farm worker union struggle?
Hint: are farm workers in California a particularly vulnerable
group of people?
Think of events that might lead to a leftward shift in the labor
supply curve accompanied by a rightward shift in the labor demand
curve. With the help of a graph, discuss the effects on the
equilibrium level of employment and wage.
Collective bargaining
1.Involves direct negotiations between labor unions and
employers.
2.Takes place when unions compete to see who should represent
workers in a given industry.
3.Occurs when employers determine which union should represent
their workers.
4.Is the process by which unions decide which company should be
the focus of wage negotiations.
Two industries (Industry X and Industry Y) are run by labor
unions. Even though the unions overseeing these industries are
considered honest and conscientious, we have seen a large disparity
in pay between the industries. In fact, the wages in Industry X are
now three times the rate as those of Industry Y. What factors
account for the differences in these two industries?