SSCI 1200U Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Edward Snowden, Openmedia.Ca, Avaaz
30 Mar 2017
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Mostly looking to make changes to employment policies: higher minimum wages, equal employment opportunities, better workplace health and safety. Could also fight for larger government employment policies: workers compensation, pensions. Depending on their background, they may fight for other issues as well: social workers, allied health professionals health care, teachers - education. Employees pay union dues to be a part of the union. Unions are mostly affiliated with ideologically left parties: conservative groups do not tend to believe in and support unionization. Support can go both ways, as unions can help garner support for the political parties and political parties can support unions with more worker centric policies. Primary goal of a think tank is to make changes to policies through research. Wanting the development of a policy to address a social problem or issue. Wanting policies to change when they are ineffective or causing more harm than good.
