- What is your opinion of unions?
- What is your parents or a family member position of unions?
- What position does most companies take on unions? How to they argue for or against them?
- How do unions shape labor conditions? Also, why do you think union membership in the U.S. is so low?
Readings:
- Bowe, John. 2008. Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy. New York, NY: Random House. Chapter Two: Tulsa
- Yates, Michael. 2009. Why Unions Matter. New York, NY: Monthly Review Press. Pp. 31-67 (online)