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Goal: To show how successful worker organizing and union drives have improved the lives of workers and our economy, communities and families. |
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If you have 15 minutes…
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- Then spend 5 minutes as full group, asking "Which group thought it was A?" etc., and announcing the correct answers. Play up competition between groups for fun. Pass out candies or chocolates as prizes.
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If you have 15 more minutes…
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Watch "Justice Under The Sun", video about immigrant construction workers organizing in Arizona: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1184514448?bclid=1341018162&bctid=1790967251
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- Discussion question: Is what the workers in the video were describing familiar? Working conditions? Lack of safety? Wage issues?
- Discussion question: The video ends when they say they've won and they're negotiating a contract now. What do you think the contract should include? What would you want it to include?
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If you have 15 more minutes…
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- Worker centers are another form of worker organizing that have been a powerful voice for many workers that come together to win hundreds of thousands in back wages, health and safety provisions, and labor/community partnerships.
- Discussion question: What is a worker center?
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- Read and discuss New York Times article about worker centers, including WAJE member groups and study conducted by Dr. Janice Fine. Steven Greenhouse, "Immigrant Workers Find Support in a Growing Network of Assistance Centers", April 23, 2006, at http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0423-05.htm
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