Unions and Management 🪧

🎯 Learning Targets

• Identify the major issues discussed by labor contract negotiations
• Summarize how union and management reach a contract agreement
• Explain the negotiation tactics used by unions and management

⏰ What We Did

• To gain background for today's assignment, watched a Teamsters-produced video on the 1997 UPS Strike
• To gain further background for today's assignment, read a CNN article about the end of the 1997 UPS Strike
• Examined contract negotiations through a 1997 UPS strike-inspired editorial cartoon and created a political cartoon expressing an opposing view

⚙️ Resources

• Economics Binder Portal (Binder Check on day of semester exam, W 11 June 2025)
• America's Victory: The 1997 UPS Strike (International Brotherhood of Teamsters)
• "It's Official: Teamsters End UPS Strike" (CNN, Aug 20, 1997)
• Examining Labor Issues (A-20)