Labor Movement
Low pay, long hours, unsafe workplaces, plant closures, etc.
A movement that is well organized can typically win what it wants without any direct action. True or False?
False. Organizing makes action powerful, but action creates change.
What level of supply and demand is required to raise the price of a product. (Low or high?)
Examples of direct action in the abolitionist movement.
Underground Railroad, John Brown's raid, sabotaging slave owners' land and property.
Examples of Revolutions
American Revolution, Russian Revolution, etc.
When workers stop working to put pressure on their boss who needs them to stay at work.
Strike
How do you organize a workplace?
Talk to coworkers, let them know it's okay to be upset.
What is profit?
When you make more money than you spend
In the 1800s, abolitionist women would participate in these to raise money for their movement and imagine a world without slavery.
Sewing Circles
An economic system where private property is owned by the government.
Socialism
Group of workers that works together to fight for a specific cause.
Union
Definition of organizing
Building relationships, turning relationships into groups, and moving groups into action.
What is the most important aspect of capitalism?
Individuals can own private property
In the documentary we watched, what were mine workers striking for?
Better pay and safer mines
When people overthrow the old power system in their country and create something new.
Revolution
What gives workers the power to solve their problems at work?
They can stop working at any time and completely end profit.
How do you organize a social movement?
Talking to community members and discussing how they can help and why they should.
Give one example of Private Property and one example of a Good or Service.
Factory, land, machine, etc.
Toothbrush, car, clothes, etc.
In 2018, what state did teachers strike in that shut down schools completely?
Person who popularized Communism and suggested workers should revolt against Capitalism.
Karl Marx
When workers and the boss sit together and discuss how things could change at work.
Bargaining
What does it mean to build a coalition?
Partner with other organizations or groups to help each other out. Alliances.
Something you use to make goods and services in Capitalism.
Private Property
What event forced the American public to choose a side on slavery after so many years of supporting slavery?
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
When workers aren't given their fair share of the profits.
Exploitation