Course Course Summary Section 1 Content Section 1 Content Left Section 1 Content Right Credit Type: Course ACE ID: ICS-0256 Organization's ID: SSC200 Organization: Penn Foster College Location: Classroom-based Length: 1 year, 52 weeks Dates Offered: 10/1/2012 - 9/30/2015 Credit Recommendation & Competencies Section 2 Content Section 2 Content Left Section 2 Content Right Level Credits (SH) Subject Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 Social Science Description Section 3 Content Section 3 Content Left Section 3 Content Right Objective: The course objective is to provide an introduction to the labor movement if the United States allowing them to reflect on the workings, history and challenges of organized labor activities specific to the U.S. workforce. Learning Outcomes: Identify and explain the main characteristics of the post-World-War II economic order Explain the major factors that guided our economic system into an era of hyper-competitiveness and deregulation, and discuss the effects of this trend on work and the worker Identify and explain the ways in which the labor law reflected the values of free market principles and private property rights, and discuss the effects of those trends on work and workers Explain the ways in which the values of free market and employer property rights have affected workers' rights and working conditions and shaped managerial practices Discus the ways in which these altered managerial practices have affected workers' rights and working conditions Discuss and explain the ways in which the original intent of the Wagner Act was adulterated in favor of conservative resistance backed by corporate interests Identify and explain the forms of discrimination and abuse experienced in the workplace General Topics: Post-World War economic order characteristics of the labor market, how hyper-competitiveness and deregulation affected the labor market, original and unattended intent of the Wagner Act, the role of managerial practices and the affect these have on the labor market, and discrimination in the U.S. labor market Instruction & Assessment Section 4 Content Section 4 Content Left Section 4 Content Right Supplemental Materials Section 5 Content Section 5 Content Left Section 5 Content Right Section 6 Content Section 6 Content Left Section 6 Content Right Button Content Rail Content 1 Other offerings from Penn Foster College Foundation Skills in Math (ICS-0244) Intermediate Algebra (ICS-0254) View All Courses Page Content