Brian+Walton

Resume Late 1700's to modern day
 * The Working Class**


 * Objective:** We would like to get the working class together and make a organization of the working class to gain some me rights.

It would help society because people would be living longer and society could be enhanced with more people. Labor unions as we know them today have been in existence since the late 1700's, and the first unions were organized by skilled laborers. With the Industrial Revolution, as more and more people lived in cities and became dependent on wages for their basic survival needs, labor unions became more and more necessary, and more unions were formed to meet the different needs of growing numbers and types of workers.
 * Summary:** Labor reforms are needed because the workers need it to make sure they don't get over worked.

After the American Federation of Labor voted against organizing workers “across trades” in a factory, preferring to group workers by individual craft or trade, the CIO and its visionary leader, John L. Lewis, recognized the potential power of mobilizing workers across occupational lines in a given industry. The approach opened the union door to what would become labor’s core constituency — mass production workers.
 * Accomplishments:**
 * 1.** Founding of the Committee for Industrial Organization, later the Congress of Industrial Organizations or CIO (1938)

This New Deal legislation provided workers with unemployment insurance, aid to dependent children and rehabilitation for the physically disabled. It also improved public health and provided pensions to workers in their old age. Today, AFSCME is leading the fight to strengthen and preserve Social Security — a benefit to some 44 million people.
 * 2. Passage of the Social Security Act (1935)**