COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
1. According to the reading in this unit, there have been some noted differences among private sector and public-sector labor relations. Discuss in detail how public employees' rights generally differ from those of private sector employees. Discuss right to strike and its impact on private and public employees. Identify and explain some of the challenges of public sector collective bargaining.
Your response should be at least 400 words in length.
2. Several national labor policies were created with the establishment of unions. Discuss the impact of the Norris-LaGuardia Act, The Wagner Act, Executive Order 10988, Women's Trade Union League, and Fair Labor Standards Act. What circumstances prompted Congress to pass these acts along with the Taft-Hartley Amendments and the Landrum-Griffin Act? What are the key provisions of these acts?
Your response should be at least 400 words in length.
3.Describe the onset of the American labor movement, and explain how it relates to the growth of national unions.
Your response should be at least 200 words.
CRITICAL THINKING
1. Describe a story that has recently been sensationalized, and explain a key component of sensationalism that was part of the way the story was presented.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
2. Describe the prospects for establishing a "Critical Society" as described by Graham Sumner.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
3. Identify and explain the steps that one must take to be a critical consumer of the news, and describe a time where you failed to be a critical consumer of the news.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length.