LABRST 2A03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Bob Rae, Washington Consensus, Social Democracy

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Affiliated with afl-cio considered brain child of ______ . Kalmen kaplanksy was the head of the jlc. By the end of the 1940s most unions are formally into this progressive phase where they are giving support to human rights campaigns and they are helping the efforts to lobby for human rights laws. That is a major shift and there is limits on how far this shift goes. Konderat case: famous case because unions lost the case the case highlights how large of a mountain they had to climb for these issues. Konderat was a flight attendant who did terrible things in the eyes of a worker (turned 32 which was apparently too old, and she got married) When she was dismissed this went to court. Takes till 1980s till they start to win cases similar to this ^ Not till 80s till new human rights laws start to come to play and serious change occurs.