Mr. Kallusingh

 Is the total number of people eligible to work that are employed or actively looking for work; people not included are retired workers, students, stay at home parent, people in prison, or undocumented workers

 In 1778 printers in New York joined together demanding higher pay, this was the first example of organized labor  At the end of the civil war two types of unions existed trade/ craft unions or industrial union  Unions tried to help workers negotiate higher pay, better hours, and working conditions  Unions used strike, picket, and boycott to try and pressure employers

 Employers try to curb union and labor enthusiasm by using lockouts  Employers would also go to court to attack unions like the United Hatters Union in 1902  In 1914 with the Clayton Antitrust Act labor unions became exempt from being prosecuted

 The great depression unified workers partly because wage dropped from 55 cents an hour to 5 cents an hour from 1929 to 1933  The Norris LaGuardia Act of 1932 prevented courts from ruling against Unions that were engaged in peaceful strikes, picketing, or boycotting  The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 limited union activity in disputes, disallowed membership for hire practices, provided 80-day strike break, and gave states the right to work ability

 Collective bargaining is between labor and management some ways to resolve this include mediation, arbitration, fact-finding, injunction, and seizure

 Unemployment rate- ratio of unemployed individuals divided by the total number of workers  Anti-Trust laws- laws that help deter legally formed combinations of corporations or companies

 Unskilled Workers- do work that anyone can do like mop the floor, usually have little training, earn the lowest wage  Semiskilled Workers- have some type of training, usually operate a machine like floor polisher, make a little more than unskilled  Skilled Labor- have a specialty in training, make more money than semiskilled, example would be a chef or carpenter  Professional Labor- highest level of training and pay, usually highly educated, example doctor/ lawyer/ executive