So last Friday I taught my second installment of theft crimes. We reviewed the stuff I covered last time and they really did remember a lot of what I talked about. For you reading this blog an important take-away is that the use of "force or fear" in the commission of most theft crimes elevates them to much more significant crimes. For examples, grand theft person becomes robbery and auto theft becomes carjacking. Just something to remember ; )
More importantly (to the youth at least), I brought in pizza, thus delivering on a promise and restoring some of their faith in the intentions and reliability of adults around them. They were definitely thrilled.
As to the questions, since the group-bargaining for unions is really hot right now:
1. What is collective bargaining?
2.Why is it considered such an important issue in states such as Wisconsin and Ohio
3. What states already don't have the power of collective bargaining and are generally considered less "union-friendly"?
4. Why can the attack on the power of unions be considered an attack on the Democratic Party? (I know this is a 4th question, but the first one was pretty easy ; )
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As for tomorrow, I won't be in class as I have a meeting for work that I ended up being unable to reschedule. This is of course sad because I won't be able to rant on about the monetary roots of the tea party movement, why the current attack on unions will further erode the middle-class and polarize wealth even more than it already is, etc.
However, those are some good talking points should you guys decide to weight in on them ; )
Collective barganing is the process through which a labor union and an employer negotiate a wide range of topics. This process is important because it allows a voluntary agreement with all parties. Typically people will want to reach a decision on agreements for wages, hours, promotions, benefists,etc.
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