Case summary:
The case explains the change in the nature of labor unions that is it have decreased over a period of time. But it examines the importance of labor unions in several specific industries. It then explains the importance of different types of labor unions in different industries that helped people to gain representation, which could not be possible where such large number of independent firms in the economy. This is reason that labor unions are to gain importance among the lower paid workers as well as the nontraditional jobs.
Characters in the case:
The characters in the case are labor unions, SAG (Screen Actors Guild), Country A people’s federation of Television and Radio Artists.
Adequate information:
The case explains about the benefits as well as the hardships to work with the labor unions.
To determine: The attitude of class towards labor union and the number of labor unions in the town. Also examine if the labor unions will gain strength in future.
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