Instructions:

The Teamsters

The Teamsters is one of the nation’s largest and oldest labor unions. Go to the union’s website https://teamster.org/ and review the material before responding to the prompts shown below.

Share some details about the history of this union.  For example, when was the union founded? Originally, the union represented workers in what industry? How many members do the Teamsters currently have? Other than the United States, in what other country or countries does the union represent workers? In addition to responding to these questions, provide an overview to the history of this union.

Describe three pieces of information that you discovered about unions or about the Teamsters, in particular, that you did not know.

The United Farm Workers of America

Thousands of farm workers are protected by the United Farm Workers of America. Go to the union’s website https://ufw.org/research/history/ and review the material before responding to the questions shown below.

Also, review the material at the website shown below,

http://nfwm.org/farm-workers/farmworker-partners/united-farm-workers-of-america/

Share some details about the history of this union. For example, why, specifically, was the union formed? Who was the founder? Describe three pieces of information that you discovered about the the United Farm Workers of America that you did not know.  In addition to responding to these questions, provide an overview to the history of this union. 

Finally, –

Do you think unions are still important and necessary or do you think they  are no longer needed? Why or why not?

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ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS:

• Be thorough. Your work should include history and details about both unions.  Show evidence of your research. In other words, cite your sources.
  
• Be sure to include (or list) your sources.
  
• Your response is to be written as a narrative, not in a question and answer format.
• be sure to use proper citation when citing from the two linked webpages above. 
• you will find one other source on your own that is correlates with the information/topic above