Populism Must Work

The threat of outsourcing makes it increasingly difficult for unions to organize workers. Two million jobs in the more heavily unionized manufacturing jobs have been lost to China. Outsourcing causes unions to not only lose members, but makes it tougher for unions to organize new members.  In 57% of all union drives, employers threaten to move factories if workers unionize, a threat that is very real (Elk, 2010). Corporations have done more to hurt labor than labor has done to hurt itself. The most obvious threat that comes from outsourcing is the diminishing of jobs overall by transferring jobs from the U.S. to overseas.

Do you work at the same company your father does? Does your father work at the same company your Grandfather did? Few companies employ multiple generations these days. Have you wondered what happened to all the jobs? One reason for the decrease in jobs could be attributed to outsourcing. Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary defines outsourcing as the procurement by a corporation from outside and especially foreign or nonunion suppliers of parts it formerly manufactured. To American workers, the definition means, you are unemployed. This paper will look at some economic and social effects that job outsourcing have

Populism was formed in the year 1892. Back then Americans had reasons why to be against the government. Populism is concerns or helping of ordinary people. Even though the populist party was finished. The idea of populism still kept on going.I believe populism was a success, populism is still used today.

The article entitled “The Tide That Sinks All Boats” by Chris Matthews discusses how feelings of protectionism and nationalism are making it difficult for President Obama to pass the Trans-pacific partnership (TPP) through Congress. The implication in this article is that the campaigns of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump during this presidential election stirred these feelings amongst Americans. Thus, members of Congress fear that passing the free trade agreement will make them a “traitor to the American Worker”. The article also mentions how free trade agreements often take the brunt of people’s fears regarding global trade and its impact on domestic job security referencing NAFTA (Matthews, 2016).

Today Unions have a feud with outsourcing, the union employees are losing their once thought secure job to outsourcing. This is due to a company 's drive to increase profits, decisions of lower wage and job loss occurs. When a US company 's looks for other options of employment, it usually come down to outsourcing, subcontracting, and privatization, these options that companies take to increase profit. Union job security isn’t always so secure, often-union contracts discuss the effects outsourcing, but not make the decision to layoff an employee in favor of outsourcing. However this contract makes union workers bargain over their jobs, by lowering their wages and if they do not agree with the bargain then the companies are able to layoff employee, and replaces them with outsourcing. Unions are able to fight these companies for an agreement to be made, for instance, if a union as a whole decides to agree with these new terms of lower wages, the company is unable to let the employees go. Instead the unions will agree to terms with their jobs being taken away and sent overseas, unions often lobby to retaliate their termination.

Employers initially resisted unions as they were seen as a ‘tool of worker power’, and some countries even banned the groups all together (Baoill 2011). Although these restraints have been lifted, restrictions and guidelines have been put in place by government bodies to govern union activity; and employees internationally have the right to form unions (Baoill 2011).

The use of historic studies can help to identify the direction of the economy by examining inequality, insecurity and the health implications associated with these phenomena. For organizations to remain relevant in a post-industrial society, it is necessary to evaluate the efficiency of current organizational management methods. The globalization of work is one of the main contributing factors for change in the modern Canadian economy (Spilerman, 2009). Protection of the environment often comes at the expense of creating jobs, which merits a conversation on the implications of work and the environment. The impact of unions on the labour market are then examined. It is argued that future prospects for work

Globalism has been steadily increasing throughout the world in recent decades, but with Trump’s presidential victory, a wave of nationalism is now sweeping across America in rebuke. Globalists push for a one world government under the guise of world peace and prosperity, and they do this by promoting open borders and interconnectedness through free trade deals. However, their policies can undermine the political power of nations. It is important for Americans to unite and adopt a nationalistic view because globalism proves detrimental to the safety and prosperity of the citizens of the US. The American government must put the interest of America first by controlling its borders, protecting the people’s financial security from foreign entities,

Outsource of job caused thousands of people lost their job, and let union lost its power. After carmakers closed their plants, thousands of American workers lost their jobs. Now, these jobs are in Mexico, 80% of the card produced in Mexico are exported to other countries, while 60% of these exported cars are sold to United States (Muller, 2014). Outsource of jobs directly affected the lives of middle-class workers, According to Wallach, “NAFTA contributed to downward pressure on U.S. wages and growing income inequality” (Wallach). While workers lost their jobs, Labor Union also lost its power. Nowadays, only 12% of workers are a union member, which has decreased tremendously from 20% in 1983 (Levs, 2012). The labor union is losing power because there are fewer workers in the US, more importantly, a labor union is working against the big business. Big business wants to

The labor movement began during the industrial revolution and exists because of worker-employer relationships and working conditions, thus providing the landscape for labor power (Mahutga). Labor power can be broken down into associational power and structural bargaining power. Mahutga’s Lecture on Globalization and Labor builds on Beverly Sliver 's argument on the Forces of Labor and Tamara Kay 's argument on Labor Transnationalism and Global Governance about what Labor market power and Labor Transnationalism mean as regards labor on a global scale (Mahutga, Kay). Is it creating better standards for the working and living conditions of workers? Associational power results in collective workers ' ability to unionize and organize to present one opposing voice. Structural bargaining power results from the workers ' place in the economic system,

Consequently, there are several implications for American workers. Ideally, workers displaced by offshoring would move up into more productive jobs. However, many displaced workers move into less-productive jobs, and some will become unemployed. In

With globalization,many changes have been brought up in the workplaces that are leading towards more flexibility and enrollment of the employees (Tong Fay and Anil Verma,2002). “According to a survey -unionized workers across Canada earned$5- 28/hour more than non-union workers; Women with unions earned more too and got paid more fairly (Why unions? ,2015)”. Thus ,it gives us an idea what changes are being brought about by the unions in comparison to non-union when it comes to the wage sector. The union workplaces give a chance to the members to bargain for their benefits which includes not only social well being but also the say,the right to speak up about their own views therefore giving them the chance to talk about their problems. The union have been progressed to give a fair wage

Trade protectionism, the implementation of tariffs and quotas to restrict imports, is an economic strategy that has been present in U.S. history as far back as the civil war era when it was supported by the republican party (Palen, Marc-William 6). The general purpose is to limit foreign imports and decrease reliance on foreign industries. One hundred and fifty years later, the same methods are existent in U.S. politics. Since Donald Trump began his presidential campaign, he has pledged to decrease the U.S. trade deficit and improve the benefits that the U.S. receives from trade relationships relative to other countries. Trump’s decisions to implement unilateral trade barriers on certain goods, leave the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement in order to implement tariffs on Mexican imports to the U.S. all exhibit a strategy of protectionism. Basically, he believes that the U.S. is disadvantaged by trade agreements due to the large trade deficits that the U.S. has with countries such as China, Mexico and Canada. Due to these perceived disadvantages, he is pursuing actions that will reduce these deficits and put the U.S. on the upper end, as he views trade as a zero-sum game in which the U.S. must be “winning”. Looking at this from a systemic level of analysis, Trump’s decisions are influenced by the relative distribution of power in the international system, relating to the balance of trade relationships that the U.S. has with

Contradicting views of the most senior economists is what first ignited my desire to understand and interpret vast global problems like that of the EU Referendum. A section of Macroeconomics that I find particularly fascinating is protectionism and, more so, how it has been able to reverberate globally; leading to a surge of Western economies readopting similar protectionist stances. China for example, one of the world’s fastest growing economies, has been purchasing one-billion dollars a day with Chinese Yuan to artificially weaken their own currency- leading to huge net export imbalances in the US. It seems no coincidence therefore that President Elect Donald Trump’s protectionist policies proved to be so favoured that he won the election.

Due to how poorly workers are treated, unions have started to be organized, though they are still uncommon. People who are planing a union are almost always fired and added to a list that is accessible to all the free trade zones. The woman interviewed is currently working in a free trade factory. She was part of a union that was successful and was able to demand a medical clinic, a person workers could go to with any problems, higher quality safety equipment, subsets for food and transit, and was not required to work overtime.