Won higher pay for their members. Why in 1979 would fraser agree to take less . Employers and labor unions, like buyers and sellers, try to make the best deal for themselves. Labor and management how do they come to terms . With economic analyst richard gill, well examine that question on this edition of economics usa. Im david schoumacher. Fewer than 1 3 of American Workers are covered by union contract. But organized labors strength at the economys pressure points the big smokestack industries, the arteries of transportation and communication make them a force to be reckoned with. For more than 75 years, labor unions have been a fact of American Economic l how did they get power . We are childn of immignts. The largest number came here around the turn of the century. Millions, most of them jewish or italian, unskilled and uneducated, settled in new york citys crowded tenements. What kind of work did america offer . Fannie susskind remembers. We came with the needle in our hand. Ive w
Did the union kill the Herald Tribune . For 40 years, united auto worker president s walter reuther, leonard woodcock, and Douglas Fraser won higher pay for their members. Why in 1979 would fraser agree to take less . Employers and labor unions, like buyers and sellers, try to make the best deal for themselves. Labor and management how do they come to terms . With economic analyst richard gill, well examine that question on this edition of economics usa. Im david schoumacher. Fewer than 1 3 of American Workers are covered by union contract. But organized labors strength at the economys pressure points the big smokestack industries, the arteries of transportation and communication make them a force to be reckoned with. For more than 75 years, labor unions have been a fact of American Economic le. How d they get power . We are childn of immignts. The largest number came here around the turn of the century. Millions, most of them jewish or italian, unskilled and uneducated, settled in new
So one thing that the movement that did, this was particularly the Labor Movements, there were a number of young labor organizers who were there and they organize teams that went around basically roving groups of young people who went around that every time there was an important vote coming up they would go to the offices of friendly representatives, find them and say you get down to the hostel right now. Whatever you are doing is not as important. They were very successful, very aggressive. Actually ultimately they were told to kind of toned it down. But just this idea that there were these young people, there was one woman, jane ogrady was a Young Berkeley graduate, Union Organizer who was in charge of putting all this together, and just that image of young people roaming the halls grabbing, grabbing these very powerful men and sang, get running into the offices and daring to say to powers that be, you need to do this because its important to me. Vacuum he spoke so much to what this
Since the late 1960s, there has been a consens among americans that the air we breathe and the water we drink should meet certain standards of cleanliness. But, like most things of value, those standards come with a price tag attached. Pollution how much is a Clean Environment worth . Economic analyst richard gill and i will examine that question on this edition of economics usa. Im david schoumacher. The United States has always been blessed with vast natural resources, including some things we used to take for granted, like fresh water and clean, healthy air. But not any longer. In the past few decades, weve learned that industrial activity carries with it a substantial environmental price tag. If we want fresher water and healthier air, somebody is going to have to pay for it, as we found in the tiny town of silver bay, on the shores of Lake Superior. 30 years ago, this part of minnesota was practically a wilderness area. Then, shortly after world war ii, some farsighted entrepreneu
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