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Struggling to Save Jobs Union organizing has helped workers obtain better wages, work conditions, and job security. But when factories close and machines take over human tasks, the challenges for workers can become enormous. When manufacturing started to decline in Brooklyn in the 1960s and 1970s, some workers organized to fight against plant closings, resulting in real benefits even as factories left town. At other times, workers lacked the power to win any concessions. |
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Domino Workers on Strike 1999 Cobble Hill News |
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Workers at Drake Bakery Inc. 1970s Courtesy of Ann Fawcett Ambia |
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!['[Drakes] wasn't even admitting that they were moving. It was very serious to lose these jobs as all around us industries were moving out. So, we formed a committee, signing petitions to have the company provide us with a bus so that people could travel to the new plant in New Jersey. And that's what happened! It was a victory that we knew we had achieved because of our organizing efforts.'](images/theme-workplace-04/facingchange-04-02-b.gif)
