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Section 2: Labor & Wages Section 3: Organized Labor

Section 2: Labor & Wages Section 3: Organized Labor. Chapter 9. Supply & Demand for Labor. Employment or unemployment depends on how closely the demand for workers (the # of available jobs) meets the supply of workers seeking jobs. Labor Demand.

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Section 2: Labor & Wages Section 3: Organized Labor

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  1. Section 2: Labor & WagesSection 3: Organized Labor Chapter 9

  2. Supply & Demand for Labor • Employment or unemployment depends on how closely the demand for workers (the # of available jobs) meets the supply of workers seeking jobs.

  3. Labor Demand • Workers are typically paid for the value of what they produce • Productivity: the value of output • The higher price of labor, the smaller the quantity of labor demanded by firms and government

  4. Labor Supply • The higher wage for the job, the greater the number of people attracted to this job. • Now the worker must gain human capital and will be motivated to do so and gain the skills/experience needed for the higher paying jobs.

  5. Equilibrium Wage • -The wage rate that produces neither an excess supply of workers nor an excess demand for workers in the labor market

  6. Wages and Skill Levels • 1. Unskilled labor- requires no specialized skills, education, or training. • Dishwashers, factory workers, farmers • 2. Semi-skilled labor- requires minimal specialized skills and education • Lifeguards, short-order cooks • 3. Skilled labor- requires specialized abilities and training to do tasks • Auto mechanics, firefighters, plumbers • 4. Professional labor- demands advanced skills and education • Teachers, bankers, doctors

  7. Wage Discrimination • Occurs when people working the same job, with the same skill level, same job performance, receive unequal pay • Laws against wage discrimination- Equal Pay Act 1963, Civil Rights Act of 1964, EEOC • Pay levels for women- hard to close gap because of: • 1. “women’s work” • 2. Human capital • 3. Women’s career paths • Glass ceiling!!!!

  8. Other Factors Affecting Wages • Minimum wage laws • Safety laws • Employers respond to wage levels • Employers can replace human capital with physical capital—furniture! • Unions • Organization of workers that tries to improve working conditions, wages, and benefits for its member

  9. The Labor Movement • Workers in the 1800s • Labor unions came about though changes from the Industrial Revolution • The factory job! • Unions started in order to protect workers’ interests. Used strikes to address union demands. • Initially, the courts said unions were illegal • Samuel Gompers starts labor movement with the AFL

  10. Decline of the Labor Movement • “Right to work laws”- measures that ban mandatory union membership • This results in a decline in union membership—much lower than in other countries. • Organized labor doesn’t have its own political party, such as GB’s Labour Party

  11. Loss of Traditional Strongholds • Unions have usually been strongest in manufacturing jobs- “blue-collar jobs” which have been declining. • Weakest in “white-collar” professions. • Many manufacturing companies have been hurt by foreign markets • Rising proportion of women in the labor force • Many jobs have been relocated to the South which has historically been less friendly to unions.

  12. Labor & Management • Collective bargaining- the process in which union and company reps meet periodically to negotiate a new labor contract • Union bargains for these goals: • Wages and benefits • Working conditions • Job security

  13. Strikes & Settlements • To avoid the economic losses of a strike both to workers & management, sometimes a third party comes in to settle dispute • Mediation: settlement technique where a neutral mediator meets with each side to try and find a solution that both sides will accept • Arbitration: if mediation fails, a settlement technique in which a neutral third party reviews the case and imposes a decision that is legally binding for both sides.

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