RCG Presentations

Socioeconomic Status

• Measure of one’s standing in society. Based on family standing, education level and/or income.

Stratification

India Caste System

Feudalism

Classes in America

Communism

UpperMiddle WorkingLower

Capitalism

What have labor unions been fighting for?

• Higher wages• Hours• Safety• Health benefits

AFL and IWW

Haymarket Strike 1886

Homestead Strike 1892http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9M_eDmpZsk

Muller vs. Oregon 1908

As healthy mothers are essential to vigorous offspring, the physical wellbeing of woman is an object of public interest.

The right of a State to regulate the working hours of women rests on the police power and the right to preserve the health of the women of the State, and is not affected by other laws of the State granting or denying to women the same rights as to contract and the elective franchise as are enjoyed by men.

Pullman Railroad Strike 1894http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBPPuEWnc8c

Ford’s 5.00 Day

Taylorism by Frederick Taylor or Scientific Managementhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slfFJXVAepE

• Use the scientific method to study work and determine the most efficient way to perform specific tasks.

• Match workers to their jobs based on capability and motivation, and train them to work at maximum efficiency.

• Monitor worker performance.• Managers spend their time planning and training,

allowing the workers to perform their tasks efficiently.

Wagner Act

Flint Sit-Down Strike 1936Should the government send in forces to stop people from going on strike?

P.A.T.C.O and Ronald Reagan 1981http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc8brHWFZMY

Walmart1. Should Walmart allow

union workers?

2. What would happen to prices of goods at Walmart if there was a recognized Walmart union?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAvEcVeC5wM

National Minimum Wage Changes

California to vote on 10.00/hour

Hilary Clinton and Health Care

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06QZyJY_eec

Interest rates

http://www.freddiemac.com/pmms/pmms30.htm

Cost of Living 1970 to Today

College Loan Bubble

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQE0HwF3KR0

Resume

Credit Score

Credit Score and Buying a Home

Military and Paying for College

College Degrees and Higher Income

Blue Collar vs. White Collar

Any Current Class Issue