Wendy Ni Asha Suleiman Jeff Brown Desan Simon

Union workers Tended to be blue collar, craftsmen, laborers without much formal education

Children working in the textile mills. Children striking 1913

Cesar Chavez Jimmy Hoffa He was co-founder of the United Farm Workers Association in 1962 with Delores Huerta. The Best and Worst of Union Leadership

Show Me The Money: The Real Union Difference

 Overtime pay,  Minimum wage, Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)  The treatment of immigrant workers, health and retirement coverage  Civil rights  Unemployment insurance and workers' compensation  Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)  The Occupation Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA)

America is slowly turning into a consumer based economy  Nafta was enacted which gave protection to investors, and none to workers  NAFTA has eliminated some 766,000 jobs in the U.S.  Only the richest 20% saw a benefit in the U.S.

Unions serve as a protection for workers As a limited group unions are a very good thing Unions are not something necessary, but made necessary by the mistreatment of workers