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Workers Rights
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Exploitation | taking advantage of some else's misfortune for one's gain |
| Family Wage | enough for one adult to support a family |
| Three Elements of a Just Strike | last resort, non-violent, not interfering with essential needs of society |
| Subsidiarity | worker, product, and consumer have a close relationship |
| Outsourcing | a means of cutting costs by sending production overseas |
| Saint Joseph | organization the researches labor practices of companies |
| Modern Slavery | not by choice, not fairly compensated - more slaves today than pre-civil war |
| Vocation | calling from the Latin root: vocare- to call |
| Labor | the subjective aspect of work - people |
| Capital | the objective aspect of work - resources - production - means of production |
| Minimum Wage | the lowest possible wage set by the government - Vermont minimum wage: $14.01 |
| Remuneration | pay in proportion to the work done |
| Subsistence Wage | pay in order to survive (day to day) |
| Living Wage | enough to support one adult |
| Cesar Chavez | - workers rights advocate - 25 day water only fast - 340 mile march for grape farmers - Motto: "Si, se puede"- yes, we can |
| Dita Sari | Young Indonesian woman who led nike factory workers to strike for higher wages and better working conditions (in behind the swoosh) |
| The average person spends ____ of their lives at work | 30% |
| Exploration Paradigm | the more space between the worker, consumer, and product the more exploitation |
| We have the _____ to work. We have the _________ to employment. | duty, right |
| 3-Fold Significance of Work | 1. earn a living 2. achieve human fulfillment 3. contribute to the greater good |
| rural flight | movement from farm to urban industrial area - easy to go to cities, hard to go back |
| monotown | single industry in an area |
| cutting costs | saving money, time, or materials through resourceful thinking - good |
| externalizing costs | Shifting expenses, monetary or otherwise, to someone other than the individuals or groups who use a resource. ex: dangerous product, worker salary/safety - bad thing |
| Globalization | interactions between peoples and companies from different nations |
| Traditional Role of Injustice | Victim, Bystander, Unwitting Accomplice, Knowing Accomplice, Explorer, Perpetrator |
| Rights of Workers | employment, just wage, rest, safe workplace, association- union (strike), Health care |
| Church Minimum for a Just Wage | food, clothing, shelter, insurance, healthcare, single-family income |
| Ford Pinto | the cost-benefit analysis that allowed the cars to stay out and harm people because it was more economically sound |
| Triangle Factory Fire | (1911) 146 women killed while locked into the burning building (brought attention to poor working conditions) |
| Garment Factory Collapse | In Bangladesh 2013. Clothing brands H&M and Gap had clothes that were manufactured in the unsafe building. |
| Distributism | private ownership of property and capital distributed into the hands of as many people as possible (between Marxism and capitalism) |
| Purchasing Power | limited consumption, buy used, DIY/grow your own, educated consumer (investigate, subsidiary, fair trade, be aware) |
Created by:
elizabeth.carney
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