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The beginning of the chapter talks about the effects of outsourcing and globalization on economic insecurity and the labor movement. Corporations were moving jobs overseas to low wage areas. This r ...

The social movements of the 1960s did seem to have a major influence on the labor movement in the period. The civil rights movement did have effects on the leadership and actions of unions. When I w ...

The big unions, the AFL and CIO, joined American anticommunist foreign polcy in the late 1940s and 1950s. It seems like they were motivated by the witch hunts by people like McCarthy. They did not ...

Please read Ch. 9 and post thoughtfully on the forum.
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When the AFL and CIO merged in 1955, their statement of common purpose declared the labor movement's supp ...

As Alex suggests, this chapter is very interesting. I think that the New Deal represents a real turning point for labor in American history. The Wagner Act and the massive organizing of industrial ...

I agree with Lily that it is appropriate that the title is America Inc. I think the sequence of events is that mass production comes first, and then credit. Credit makes it possible for people to bu ...

Please actively read the 1920s handouts from class and Chapter 7.

Respond thoughtfully on our forum in at least 100-200 words. Please make sure to include at least one question for your peers. He ...

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Alex has a brilliant post. As Julie says, the roaring twenties were good for average laborers even though unions decreased in power. Corporate welfare was one reason for the decline in unions. Com ...

Labor tactics varied across the unions and over time. The Socialist party and some unions favored trying to get improved wages and working conditions. The more conservative craft unions wanted to b ...

Finish reading Ch. 6 and post thoughtfully on our forum. Posts without questions will not be counted. Think about: What tactics does the labor movement use? Have these changed over time?

The chapter talks about the US expansion of Empire. It seems like American business wanted to get resources and protect markets in Latin America. The US treated central and Latin America as its colon ...

I totally agree with Lily that it is difficult to speak about class. I find it very difficult to think about people who have less than I do. I have some friends who do not have a lot of money and I ...

I think Ziz's comment is interesting and I also saw the Michael Moore movie. I believe that there are possible ways to make workplaces more democratic. Some countries like Japan and the Scandanavia ...

Alex is wrong! ... well he is just not looking at the whole picture. The Gilded age was a period of great progress. It was period that spawned amazing technical advancements like Edisons' commercia ...