By: Ashley Alvarenga, Greg Batista, Sokunthea Johnson Rin, Trieu Van

Union are important for the workers around the world because it protect their rights and benefits. Without unions, employees could suffer from being cheated, abuse or exploitative from their employer.

Unions operate as a group. Unions are like families Everyone is looking out for one another Choosing a Union leader is a strict democratic process and members of the union nominate and these elections happen every three years.

“the scars brought home” This shows that before the Union, many workers would get scars due to bad work conditions. Terkel also said “violence to the spirit as well as the body” Unfair work conditions can bring violence to the spirits of many workers as well as their bodies and also break down their spirits. “search for daily meaning [not a] Monday through Friday sort of dying” Today workers work from Monday to Friday in order to support their families with a meaning.

February 16, 2011, Scott Walker described his plan for Wisconsin. Uprising is cause. require public workers to pay more for their health insurance and pensions It limit the Union’s bargaining rights. One of the worst attacks to hit the Union

Judge Maryann Sumi puts a temporary restraining order block on the bill which stopped it from taking effect. Republicans violated Wisconsin’s requirement for a bill to be passed. Did not hold a quorum Quorum - the number (as a majority) of officers or members of a body that when duly assembled is legally competent to transact business.

Ohio lawmakers passed an anti-union bill. It would allow bargaining over wages. but not health coverage and pensions. would allow public-employee unions to bargain only when the public employer chose to do so.

Done by Ashley Alvarenga Interviewed Mikel Miranda He is in a Union. He talks about one of the benefits about being in the union is job security. They can’t just fire you over something unreasonable. “I think the big thing for me is basically when non union workers are doing union work they really need to set up,” This was one of the main things he thought that the union leaders needed to work on

The NFL might be looking at a lockout this upcoming season Due to almost the same reason why back in 1987, the players went on strike. The National Football League Players Association(NFLPA) was trying to get more from the leagues revenue and hoping to win the right for free agency. Right now the NFLPA is fighting for their payroll and want to make more then what they are now. The U.S. Judge has said that both sides won’t convene until May 16.

Without a Union, workers will be cheated by their employer in many ways like health insurance and overtime. In China’s Wal-Mart Section, the situations is even worse. Workers have to work for very low wages Long hours Live in dorms that are like a slum.

Unions are very important to the public workers. Union are there to help workers and better the lives of their family. Even though the Wisconsin bill is at a halt, People won’t stop fighting for what they believe in.