1. Organized Labor

2. Copyright © 2011 Texas Education Agency. All rights reserved. 2 Key Terms and Main Ideas LABOR UNION is an organization of workers that tries to improve working conditions, wages, and benefits for its members.

3. Copyright © 2011 Texas Education Agency. All rights reserved. 3 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING is the process in which union and company representatives meet to negotiate a new labor contract. BLUE COLLAR WORKER is someone who works in an industrial job, often in manufacturing, and who receives wages. WHITE COLLAR WORKER is someone in a professional or clerical job who typically earns a salary.

4. Copyright © 2011 Texas Education Agency. All rights reserved. 4 MEDIATION A settlement technique in which a neutral mediator meets with each side to try and find a solution that both sides will accept.

5. Copyright © 2011 Texas Education Agency. All rights reserved. 5 Organized Labor Timeline 1935 Wagner Act 1938 John Lewis heads Congress of Industrial Organizations 1970s increase in anti-union measures by employers 1990s Public Sector unions increase, such as a union for teaching assistants

6. Copyright © 2011 Texas Education Agency. All rights reserved. 6 A Decline in Union Members Right-to-Work law Taft-Hartley Act 1947 Blue collar jobs have declined over the years Foreign competition sends jobs overseas Increase of females in workforce Relocation of businesses to areas of low union influence

7. Copyright © 2011 Texas Education Agency. All rights reserved. 7 REVIEW Name and describe laws that protected workers’ rights and/or affected unions. Compare blue collar jobs to white collar jobs. List reasons for union membership decline. Name industries that are influenced by unions today. How has the increase of female workers contributed to the decrease of union members?