You are not required to use sources other than the four articles from unit #6 which WILL be provided to you – although you may refer to other material and your own experiences if you wish to do so. -You must make specific reference in your essay to each of the four articles for Unit 6 -You must include references listed using APA style Instructions: Write an essay of 1500 words on the problems and prospects of organizing unorganized workers. You must address each of the topics listed below (each topic is of equal value). 1.Why is it so important that unions focus their energy and resources on organizing the unorganized? •Must Provide 2 examples (from readings to support topic sentence) •For the first topic, your answer should consider the importance of organizing for women specifically, for society more generally, and for unions themselves. 2.Describe and explain the major barriers to the increased unionization of women in “hard to organize” sectors and workplaces. •Must Provide 2 examples (from readings to support topic sentence) • For the second topic, consider the general and specific challenges that make it difficult to organize workers in the sectors discussed in Unit 6 (e.g., the role of employers, workplace issues, labor force issues, and union policies). Provide examples of the difficulties that you raise. 3.Do the experiences of organizing informal workers in India, or immigrant janitors in the United States; provide any lessons as to how unions can adopt new strategies that will increase women’s trade union participation? •Must Provide 2 examples (from readings to support topic sentence) •For the third topic, highlight what you think are the lessons from both case studies (SEWA in India and J4J in the United States). Review all of the study questions from Unit 6 that is provided as you prepare this essay. Make an argument that you support with evidence from the assigned readings for Unit 6. Keep the following additional requirements in mind as they affect your grade for this assignment. •The sources for all information that would not be considered common knowledge must be acknowledged. All direct quotes must be in quotation marks or block quotations if the quoted material is more than 40 words long. Use your own words as much as possible. THIS ESSAY MUST INCLUDE EVERYTHING ABOVE – As well be in the foreman of Open Introduction – 3 Topic sections which will include Topic sentence – 2 Examples sufficient and relevant and specific ending in a closing remark for each section then a conclusion paragraph. Citied sources will be the 4 Articles in the Unit 6 I will attach to work.
