In this class journal, you need to watch this video and answer questions in Section A and B.
Section A: Short response questions:
- What was the main reason why writers of television shows and dramas were paid lowly in the 1980s?
- How has technology change for the US television industry? How has it benefit them?
Section B: Structured response questions (longer responses in 2-3 paragraphs, each paragraph about 80 to 120 words)
- To what extent do you agree that the writers have a 'right' to have a strike?
- Based on this writers' strike example, how useful is a trade union?
*a strike means they do not work and demand conditions that the bargain for to be accepted before they go back to work.
Watch the video below and answer the questions in Section C.
Section C: Structured response questions (longer responses in 2-3 paragraphs, each paragraph about 80 to 120 words)
1. What is the advertisement trying to say about union bosses?
2. Compare the messages in the 2 videos. Explain 1 advantages and 1 disadvantage associated with unions.
You will be given class time to watch the videos one time in class. You should watch these two videos again when completing your assignment at home.
