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Question 1
What are the primary reasons for the decline of the ranks of organized labor in the twentieth century?
In the United States of America, the decline of organized labor can be identified as one of the majorly marked events in the twentieth century’s labor market. There are several following reasons to be discussed that led to the massive decline of organized labor in the US. By late 1940, gigantic business industries, conservatives and Republicans had effectively extended corresponding strategies to break up the alliance of structured labor force (Hanley & O'Gorman, 2004). In the meantime, organized labor unions had been divided into socialist and communist groups so that each of the individual parties can be eliminated from the industry. Anti-communist programs had been utilized as a line of attack to terrify socialist members to form any alliances with communist parties. Another line of attack had been targeted towards socialists by comparing the members of the groups with communists. Moreover, the Taft-Hartley Act, 1947 had been introduced to weaken the power of organized labor to a larger extent (Wolff, 2013). The Act demonstrated that socialists could not set an alliance with the communists at any choice. Such factors led to the decline of organized labor as well as the power of the union.
Question 2
In terms of public opinion influenced the extent to which workers want to organize in the workplace, there are significant aspects to be shown in support of audiences’ demand to form unions. Organized labor union had developed different conception to secure the workplace rights of the workers regarding the wages system and working hours (Walters & Mishel, 2003). By realizing the contribution of the workforce to the economic growth, social workers had critically identified the importance of labor union to protect the workplace freedom and employee rights (Phelan, 2006). Also, in order to negotiate with the unethical demand of the employers, the labors of the twentieth century has understood the essentiality of organized labor association to promote fundamental human rights of the workers.
References
Hanley, M. & O'Gorman, B. (2004). Local interpretation of national micro‐enterprise policy. Int Jrnl Of Ent Behav & Res, 10(5), 305-324. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13552550410554302
Phelan, C. (2006). The Practical Utopians: American Workers and the Cooperative Movement in the Gilded Age. International Labor And Working-Class History, 69(01). http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0147547906290124
Walters, M. & Mishel, L. (2003). How unions help all workers. Economic Policy Institute. Retrieved April 2016, from http://www.epi.org/publication/briefingpapers_bp143/
Wolff, R. (2013). Organized labor's decline in the US is well-known. But what drove it? | Richard Wolff.the Guardian. Retrieved April 2016, from http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/02/labor-unions-decline-can-turnaround
