Final Flashcards
Alinsky Method
- home visit
- community organizing
What percentage of workers in US are not unionized?
89%
What US city has the most sweatshops
LA
What led to the need or the Justice for Janitors campaign
Contract work by employers
What was the result of unionization in post-WWII US
- rise in healthcare
- better conditions for work
- job protections
- expansion of middle class
What groups of workers engage in immigrant rights organizing
- Latinx workers
- AAPI workers
- Black workers
What is DACA
a policy that allows individuals who meet program requirements to request a grant of deferred action (eligible for work authorization
What is the CA Dream ACt
- package of California state
- allows undocumented children brought to the US under 16 and attended school on a regular basis/meet instate tuition and GPA requirements to apply for student financial aid benefits
What percentage of young workers give money to support their families
48%
What percentage of young workers dont have a set schedule
90
How many young workers werent paid for all hours they worked
nearly 25%
what percentage of young workers dont receive any benefits (health care, paid sick days)
62%
Young workers: (2 answers)
- are mostly still in school or have large educational debts
- rearrange lives around employer needs (on call)
What are contract workers
individual who enters a contractual agreement with a business to provide a service (in exchange for a fee)
How many car wash companies were unionized by car wash workers of LA
more than 20
characteristics of day laborers
mostly men and immigrants, face hazardous/precarious working conditions, underpaid and unsafe
examples of wage theft (7)
- failure to pay overtime
- violation of min. wage laws
- misclassification of employees as independent workers
- illegal deductions in pay
- forcing work “off the clock”
- not paying annual leave/holiday entitlements
- not paying employees at all
Who was Miguel Contrares
- Latino leader of LA labor movement
- farmworker organizer
- maried Maria Elena Durazo
- former leader of HERE
- Focused on W(orkers)OC, immigrants
Mike Garcia
- President of Justice for Janitors Union
- President of SEIU
- died in 2017
Who led delano grape strike (1965)
filipino workers, latino workers (later at request)
What strategy used by the Janitors for Justice campaign worked
- comprehensive campaign rooted in community narratives, large groups of ppl from all sectors
- tactics like strikes/rallies/direct actions/disruptions/narratives in popular culture
some characteristics of Hotel Workers of LA struggle
- demonstrations/civil disobedience, research and creative media
- involved immigrant workers
- led by Maria Elena Durazo
- Research and advocacy center created through struggle
- forced to work beyond traditional collective bargaining (leverage unions local clout to level playing field w multinational corporate employers)
fastest growing minority in the US
Asian Americans
Model Minority Myth
Asian Americans characterized as polite, law abiding, successful through innate talent and immigrant striving attitude
first AAPI worker organization in US
APALA (Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance)
Since the 80s, the LA Black population has declined from __% to __% while the inland empire has gained over 250k Black residents
13, 8 (100k)
Black workers w/ high school or less education experience unemployment at almost ___ the rate as white workers (w same education)
double
Black workers are underrepresented in _____ jobs
professional
Black workers have lower rates in _____ positions
manager and supervisory
Black workers earn only __% of what white workers earn
75 (even more severe for BW)
Black workers experience _____ because of discrimination in employment
negative health outcomes
APALAs stance on affirmative action
yes (?)
who played a leading role in the fight for $15 in LA
LA County Fed of Labor
Which is higher? Fed or CA min wage
CA
What do Black Worker Centers do? (3)
- aid w union contracts
- negotiate w employers
- advocate for Black worker rights
Who is the UCLA Downtown Labor Center dedicated to?
Rev. James Lawson Jr.
What accounts for decline in union density (5)
- weak labor laws (dont protect worker rights)
- hostile courts and govt policies
- decrease in manufacturing sector jobs
- growth in service sector jobs
- deregulation, deindustrialization, globalization
day laborer
unskilled worker, paid day by day, usually finds work in day labor marketplace, hardware store, etc
Day Labor agencies
organizations that seek to match day laborers w fitting jobs (formalizes day labor)
Wage theft
occurs when employers “steal” workers’ wages by not paying them wages owed
US Overtime law
workers must receive overtime pay for hours worked over 40 in a workweek at a rate not less than 1.5x their pay (no limit on number of hours 16+ employees may work, doesn’t require overtime pay on weekends, holidays)
Delano Grape strike length
5 years (1965-1970)
Philip Vera Cruz
- Filipino Farm workers leader
- AWOC founding member (Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee)–>merge w NFWA (UFW)
- VP of union (for long time)
Part time work
<35 hrs/week
low wage
2/4 median hourly wage for full time workers
J4J campaign important why (4)
- comprehensive campaigns
- other unions raise bar
- increase wages
- proves capability of immigrants to be organized
unpredictable schedule
idk its self explanatory (workers come in when needed)
flexible scheduling started so that ______. now it is used for ______.
- salaried, full time white collar employees could have influence over hours
- low wage workers
nonstandard work (4)
part time work, temp and oncall work, contract work, self employment
customer is always right
contributor to workplace harassment
career immobility
lack of opportunities for tenure, upward mobility within job
