2+Work+World

= The Labor Force =

Today's Unemployment Rate Oregon's Unemployment Rate media type="youtube" key="kRE47DZGCEE" width="560" height="315" Occupations with the most openings

Trend from a Manufacturing Based Economy to a Service Based Economy

Outsourcing has been a trend...many jobs have gone to India

What is Still Made in USA? Are You Buying Made in USA True Cost of Made in the USA media type="youtube" key="38MfZ17nT50" width="560" height="315"

These products were once proudly made in the USA...but most of their manufacturing jobs have been outsourced. Where were these products once manufactured? Where are they manufactured now? If you want to use other products as examples of outsourcing, you may do so.


 * 1) Rawlings baseball
 * 2) Radio Flyer red wagon
 * 3) Barbie Dolls
 * 4) Converse All-Stars
 * 5) Levi's jeans
 * 6) Etch a Sketch
 * 7) Huffy bicycles
 * 8) Apple iPhone
 * 9) RCA Televisions
 * 10) Dell Computers

Women in the Workforce

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=What is a Labor Union? = media type="youtube" key="DxdNH3pImPM" width="560" height="315" Read the article, How Labor Unions Work A partisan video Unions under attack People's view of labor unions: Good for Workers, Not U.S. Competitiveness

Assignment:
Create a voki which will make a presentation on a labor union, like this one:

my voki You can find numerous AFL-CIO labor unions here

Things to find out about labor unions:
 * What is the name of the labor union?
 * How many members does the union have?
 * Has membership been increasing or decreasing (give number examples)
 * What types of jobs do the members do?
 * What is a current issue that the union is dealing with?
 * How does the union benefit the worker?
 * How does membership in the union affect the consumers or customers of the employer?
 * How does the union affect the investors in the companies who employ union members?

How do I create a voki?
 * 1) Go to Voki
 * 2) Create a free account
 * 3) Create a new voki
 * 4) Select and customize a character
 * 5) Choose text to speech
 * 6) Type your stuff in the box...or type your stuff up in Word, then copy/paste it in the box. You are limited to the amount of words you can enter (a little over 100)
 * 7) You probably won't be able to fit your info on one wiki, you may create two or more


 * 1) Publish
 * 2) Get embed code
 * 3) Embed the Voki on your Wikispace page