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Final Flashcards

1
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Alinsky Method

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  • home visit

- community organizing

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2
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What percentage of workers in US are not unionized?

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89%

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3
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What US city has the most sweatshops

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LA

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4
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What led to the need or the Justice for Janitors campaign

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Contract work by employers

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5
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What was the result of unionization in post-WWII US

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  • rise in healthcare
  • better conditions for work
  • job protections
  • expansion of middle class
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6
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What groups of workers engage in immigrant rights organizing

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  • Latinx workers
  • AAPI workers
  • Black workers
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7
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What is DACA

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a policy that allows individuals who meet program requirements to request a grant of deferred action (eligible for work authorization

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8
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What is the CA Dream ACt

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  • 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
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9
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What percentage of young workers give money to support their families

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48%

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What percentage of young workers dont have a set schedule

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90

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How many young workers werent paid for all hours they worked

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nearly 25%

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12
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what percentage of young workers dont receive any benefits (health care, paid sick days)

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62%

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13
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Young workers: (2 answers)

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  • are mostly still in school or have large educational debts

- rearrange lives around employer needs (on call)

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14
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What are contract workers

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individual who enters a contractual agreement with a business to provide a service (in exchange for a fee)

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15
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How many car wash companies were unionized by car wash workers of LA

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more than 20

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16
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characteristics of day laborers

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mostly men and immigrants, face hazardous/precarious working conditions, underpaid and unsafe

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17
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examples of wage theft (7)

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  • 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
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18
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Who was Miguel Contrares

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  • Latino leader of LA labor movement
  • farmworker organizer
  • maried Maria Elena Durazo
  • former leader of HERE
  • Focused on W(orkers)OC, immigrants
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Mike Garcia

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  • President of Justice for Janitors Union
  • President of SEIU
  • died in 2017
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20
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Who led delano grape strike (1965)

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filipino workers, latino workers (later at request)

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21
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What strategy used by the Janitors for Justice campaign worked

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  • comprehensive campaign rooted in community narratives, large groups of ppl from all sectors
  • tactics like strikes/rallies/direct actions/disruptions/narratives in popular culture
22
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some characteristics of Hotel Workers of LA struggle

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  • 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)
23
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fastest growing minority in the US

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Asian Americans

24
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Model Minority Myth

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Asian Americans characterized as polite, law abiding, successful through innate talent and immigrant striving attitude

25
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first AAPI worker organization in US

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APALA (Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance)

26
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Since the 80s, the LA Black population has declined from __% to __% while the inland empire has gained over 250k Black residents

A

13, 8 (100k)

27
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Black workers w/ high school or less education experience unemployment at almost ___ the rate as white workers (w same education)

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double

28
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Black workers are underrepresented in _____ jobs

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professional

29
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Black workers have lower rates in _____ positions

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manager and supervisory

30
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Black workers earn only __% of what white workers earn

A

75 (even more severe for BW)

31
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Black workers experience _____ because of discrimination in employment

A

negative health outcomes

32
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APALAs stance on affirmative action

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yes (?)

33
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who played a leading role in the fight for $15 in LA

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LA County Fed of Labor

34
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Which is higher? Fed or CA min wage

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CA

35
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What do Black Worker Centers do? (3)

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  • aid w union contracts
  • negotiate w employers
  • advocate for Black worker rights
36
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Who is the UCLA Downtown Labor Center dedicated to?

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Rev. James Lawson Jr.

37
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What accounts for decline in union density (5)

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  • 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
38
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day laborer

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unskilled worker, paid day by day, usually finds work in day labor marketplace, hardware store, etc

39
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Day Labor agencies

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organizations that seek to match day laborers w fitting jobs (formalizes day labor)

40
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Wage theft

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occurs when employers “steal” workers’ wages by not paying them wages owed

41
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US Overtime law

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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)

42
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Delano Grape strike length

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5 years (1965-1970)

43
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Philip Vera Cruz

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  • Filipino Farm workers leader
  • AWOC founding member (Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee)–>merge w NFWA (UFW)
  • VP of union (for long time)
44
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Part time work

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<35 hrs/week

45
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low wage

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2/4 median hourly wage for full time workers

46
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J4J campaign important why (4)

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  • comprehensive campaigns
  • other unions raise bar
  • increase wages
  • proves capability of immigrants to be organized
47
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unpredictable schedule

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idk its self explanatory (workers come in when needed)

48
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flexible scheduling started so that ______. now it is used for ______.

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  • salaried, full time white collar employees could have influence over hours
  • low wage workers
49
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nonstandard work (4)

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part time work, temp and oncall work, contract work, self employment

50
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customer is always right

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contributor to workplace harassment

51
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career immobility

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lack of opportunities for tenure, upward mobility within job

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