Class, race, and gender inequality Does the U.S. have a power pyramid? Health and other effects of income inequality Read: Sweet & Meskins, Chapter 3, and G. W. Domhoff, Income and Power,” April 2005 (updated 2013). “Wealth, Due: 500-word (more is not better) Op. Ed. Bring a hardcopy of your Op. Ed. to class. You must also upload and submit your Op. Ed. assignment under the 'Assignments' tab. You will need to email me if there are any issues uploading the document so I can correct it. See week 4 (above) for details on the assignment. Unit II: Diversity, Work, and Employee Rights October 11 November 8) – Week 6 (October 11): Employment Rights in the U.S. Employment at-will Exceptions to employment at-will The NLRA (Wagner Act) and state bargaining laws The Fair Labor Standards Act & the Occupational Safety and Health Act Read: & Meskins, Chapter 4 Steven Greenhouse,, Low-Wage Workers are Cheated. Study Says, September 1, 2009, New York Times. Sloan Work and Family Research Network, Selected U.S. Labor Laws and Regulations Timeline, July 2004. Maltby, Can They Do That? (New York: Portfolio, 2009). Chapter 4, “Wrongful Discharge and Employment at Will,” pp. 57-67 and a portion of Chapter 13, Rights “The You Have,” pp. 196-203. Center for American Progress, Things to Know about the Employment Non- “10 Discrimination Act,” from their website. **Quiz on Unit 1** Week 7 (October 18): Work, Race, Ethnicity and Equality
Class, race, and gender inequality Does the U.S. have a power pyramid? Health and other effects of income inequality Read: Sweet & Meskins, Chapter 3, and G. W. Domhoff, “Wealth, Income and Power,” April 2005 (updated 2013). Due: 500-word (more is not better) Op. Ed. Bring a hardcopy of your Op. Ed. to class. You must also upload and submit your Op. Ed. assignment under the 'Assignments' tab. You will need to email me if there are any issues uploading the document so I can correct it. See week 4 (above) for details on the assignment. Unit II: Diversity, Work, and Employee Rights October 11 – November 8) Week 6 (October 11): Employment Rights in the U.S. Employment at-will Exceptions to employment at-will The NLRA (Wagner Act) and state bargaining laws The Fair Labor Standards Act & the Occupational Safety and Health Act Read: & Meskins, Chapter 4 Steven Greenhouse,, Low-Wage Workers are Cheated. Study Says, September 1, 2009, New York Times. Sloan Work and Family Research Network, Selected U.S. Labor Laws and Regulations Timeline, July 2004. Maltby, Can They Do That? (New York: Portfolio, 2009). Chapter 4, “Wrongful Discharge and Employment at Will,” pp. 57-67 and a portion of Chapter 13, “The Rights You Have,” pp. 196-203. Center for American Progress, “10 Things to Know about the Employment Non- Discrimination Act,” from their website. **Quiz on Unit 1** Week 7 (October 18): Work, Race, Ethnicity and Equality
2016_fl_37_575_100_80.docx