SOCIOL 107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Lyndon B. Johnson, Neoliberalism, W. M. Keck Observatory
31 Oct 2017
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The u turn comes from erasing the new deal. Wagner act: legal structure for unions to form. Its multicausation (on the perspective of inequality) it"s not due to one factor. Symbolic dimensions: u. s. government encourages workers to join unions. 1953 union membership was relatively stable until 1970. 1990-1998 alone: 184,000 workers illegally fired for union organizing activities. Starting in the 1970"s firing union organizers became standard practice once. Happened because of globalization becoming very competitive with other. Cut costs and for many companies more than 50% of cost is payroll. Was it inevitable organizers from being fired) countries such as japan. Deregulation (without repeal) via weak or no enforcement. Tiny penalty: back pay of lost wages minus any amount worker earned elsewhere. 1950s and 60s was a small group/ movement. Argue for smaller government and expanded scope of unregulated capitalism. Neo refers to post new deal liberalism. In the 1980s reagan wins on neoliberal agenda.
