Download or read book Minorities, Women, and Powerful Unions in the Public Service written by Rakhi Poonia and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-15 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book answers important questions about what might labor unions bargain for? Do women, minorities, et. al benefit from being part of unions? Why are unions a good thing? Why are labor unions important? How are unions good for the economy? What is the strongest union in America? Who is the largest labor union in the US? Do women and minorities who are part of trade unions receive higher salaries and more benefits? Images of women in public sector unions are assembled by 8-year-old Aaron Poonia. This book also answers questions like: how do unions increase employment opportunities and wage for women? Do Hispanic minorities have higher earning since they are part of trade unions as compared to their nonunion colleagues? Does trade union membership of women reduce the income gap between men and women? In what ways does unionization of workers effect their wages, compensation, pay inequality, workplace environment, and overall benefits? Does unionization substantially reduce the growth in wage inequality in the public sector? How does membership of minorities in unions increase wage and employment opportunities for them? How does membership of minorities in unions increase wage and employment opportunities for them? How does membership of minorities in unions increase wage and employment opportunities for them? By what percentage were workers represented in a union in 2019 and 2018? What was its impact on reducing pay gap between women and men in public sector?My first encounter with affirmative action and social equity started in 2003 when I was working at Barnes and Noble bookstore at Lansdale, Pennsylvania. I asked the store manager if I could read books for GRE and TOEFL exam. He refused. He said Barnes and Noble is a bookstore and not a library. If I wanted to read books, I had to buy them. So, I started working at the store for 12 dollars and 50 cents an hour. While I was working there, the white manager of the store did not allow any African American boys to sit and read the books at the store. However, he allowed white people to read books. This discrimination based on color of skin and ethnicity is unacceptable to me. Discrimination based on color of skin, religion, ethnicity, gender is not fair. It was at Barnes and Noble bookstore where my journey towards building an equitable society began. I used the money I earned at Barnes and Noble bookstore to buy all GRE and TOEFL books at that store. Thereafter I prepared for the exam and cleared it with a percentile of 96.I started studying Public Administration and social equity at a university in United States. I learnt that we should stand up against discrimination and unfair laws. I also learnt that African Americans households with the same degree and same qualification are 65 percent poorer than white households in 2020. Their economic status has become worse in 2020 than what it was in 1979.