Social Sciences and History / Unit 14 SSH 1303 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Unions and Collective Bargaining
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The idea
A labor union negotiates as a group with employers over pay and conditions: collective bargaining. Union workers are paid more on average than comparable others, so either they are more productive or employers hire fewer of them. Membership has fallen for decades.
In practice
Service shift, globalization, worker-friendly laws, organizing rules: four reasons.
Where people slip
The dilemma is the anchor's framing.
Your place on the trail
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