Question

Merchant and craft guilds formed to provide support for their members, who shared a certain economic role. Today, in the United States, many labor and trade unions exist for the same purpose. They unite workers in specific industries so that they may together work for their mutual benefit.

Research the history of early labor unions and their relationship to the earlier guilds in Europe. Then select one of the labor or trade unions from the list below to research:

American Federation of Government Employees
American Federation of Teachers
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

Answer 1

Please post this on the history section of OS thanks again for your time :D

Answer 2

Early guilds and modern unions served the same purpose: they offered a protective wall of support to its members. No matter what a member faced, whether it was being rejected for hire for no good reason, being unfairly treated, or being underpaid, all the "brothers" in the guild / union would fight for that member's rights. What one member fought for, all members fought for.

However, there were many differences between early guilds and modern unions. Mainly, modern unions have enormous political power, and people today are more dependent on unions than they would imagine. For example, if the sanitation workers' union leaders call a strike, nobody's trash will be collected. If teachers believe they're underpaid, they'll go on strike, and the AFT will fight and argue on their behalf.

Therefore, your teacher just wants you to look for similarities and differences between early guilds / unions, and modern guilds / unions. By the way, I noticed your list doesn't include the UAW (United Auto Workers). That's another very important union.





Here is additional information:

http://www.helium.com/items/298816-compa...
http://www.medieval-life-and-times.info/...
http://ezinearticles.com/?The-History-of...
http://medievaleurope.mrdonn.org/guilds....
http://www.shmoop.com/history-labor-unio...
http://www.aft.org/about/
https://www.wgaeast.org/
http://www.ibew.org/IBEW/index.htm




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Merchant and craft guilds formed to provide support for their members, who shared a certain economic role. Today, in the United States, many labor and trade unions exist for the same purpose. They unite workers in specific industries so that they may together work for their mutual benefit. Research the history of early labor unions and their relationship to the earlier guilds in Europe. Then select one of the labor or trade unions from the list below to research: • American Federation of Government Employees • American Federation of Teachers • International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers • International Union of Police Associations • National Association of Letter Carriers • Office and Professional Employees International Union • United Mine Workers of America • Writers Guild of America • Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association • Service Employees International Union • United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America • United Farm Workers of America Use the internet or the library to learn more about your chosen union. Finally, combine your research with the knowledge you gained from this lesson to write a short response in which you compare and contrast your union with the medieval merchant and craft guilds. Your short response should contain at least two paragraphs and should address both similarities and differences between the modern union and medieval guilds.

Answer 3

Hope that helps

Answer 4

i bet it would lol

Answer 5

I am exhausted

Answer 6

@Queen_Bee1

Answer 7

i really need like a sample essay or something i don't get what I'm suppose to do