1. Warm Up How has farming output increased with a labor decrease?
What are you doing this weekend?
1.Use of technology

2. The Labor Force Economics Standard 12.14.2
Learning Goal: I will learn about the different types of labor by categorizing labor.

3. I. Definition
People who are 16 or older who are either working or looking for work
Does not include military jobs

4. II. Trends More diversity (age, ethnicity, gender)
Shift from producing goods (ex., factories & farming) to service industries (ex., transportation, finance, restaurants…)

5. Diverse Labor Force

6. Elderly Worker

7. Service Industries

8. III. Occupations (Jobs)
White collar: professional jobs – growing and represent ½ of workforce (ex. managers, nurses, lawyers, bankers…)
Blue-collar: manual labor jobs - decreasing (ex. assembly line factory work)

9. Business Suit

10. Blue Collar

11. General Motors Plant

12. Factory Work

13. IV. Technological Revolution
Automation: machines replace people
Computers: create entirely new jobs

14. Automation

15. Computer

16. V. Why Do Some Jobs Pay More?
Supply of labor vs. demand for labor
Supply linked to education/skills
Demand linked to consumer demand
Labor Unions
Government Legislation (ex. minimum wage)

17. Heart Surgeon

18. Janitor

19. Teamsters

20. Minimum Wage