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Labor Unions In The United States, Argentina, And The United Kingdom: A Comparative Study, Jake Mozeleski
Labor Unions In The United States, Argentina, And The United Kingdom: A Comparative Study, Jake Mozeleski
College Honors Program
Since major neoliberal financial reforms occurred during the 1980s and 1990s, labor unions’ membership numbers and political influence have waned. While this is true of labor unions in most countries, these changes are incredibly notable in the United States. Scholars from a multitude of disciplines and with varying critical lenses have attempted to understand this phenomenon, but some arguments seem much more convincing than others. This thesis analyzes the validity of various proposed hypotheses, especially the influence of corporatist traditions, the formal and informal links between labor unions and political parties, and the fundraising sources of political parties, using the …
Labor And Media: A Strained Relationship, Mac-Z Zurawski
Labor And Media: A Strained Relationship, Mac-Z Zurawski
All Student Theses
The labor movement or union community of America has been in a steady decline for more than a decade. The 1950s saw the pinnacle of success with one-third of the U.S. workforce being unionized. Today only 8% of the private workforce is unionized. One way in which this decline may be perceived as more pronounced is through media alienation. According to journalists across the nation such as Philip M.Dine unions have been alienated by media and its type of union coverage. In this study, I analyze the way in which the New York Times portrays the labor movement during the …
The Effect Of Labor Unions On Real Wages And Prices, Dan Gaske
The Effect Of Labor Unions On Real Wages And Prices, Dan Gaske
Honors Theses
In order to discuss the effect o unions, I feel we should first discuss the growth of unions; for at first they had very little power. Although there were unions of some sort or another existing in America since colonial days, it was late in the eighteenth century when they really began to have an influence. This influence began with the rise of the American Federation of Labor. "Led by Samuel Gompers and Adolph Strasser of the Cigarmaker's International Union, this group was composed primarily of representatives of the skilled trades.... These trades unionists felt that the mass movement of …