Today's American Worker Difficulties

6 Challenges Affecting The American Worker
The definition of the American Worker has changed; by the turn of the twentieth century, United States citizens have moved away from industrialization to service work. With outsourcing major companies to foreign countries for cheaper goods, the majority of Americans work in the service industry (i.e. at grocers, hotel services, etc.). Yet these problems with service businesses have affecting Americans negatively today.

Fair wages for fair pay, health, and other benefits have been fought for and, unfortunately, causes many Americans to lose jobs (because they could easily be replaced by cheaper part-timers). 

Promotional Video of the New Deal

This youtube video practically frames the American worker during the New Deal period in a nutshell. Great to watch when searching for a basic understanding of what FDR set out to do during his "hundred days."

 

The History Channel's website is also a great source to check out the New Deal and what it meant for the American Worker. Below are some of the primary sources I found interesting on the site's photo gallery.

 

http://www.history.com/topics/new-deal/photos#

 

So much propoganda was used coming out of the Great Depression. FDR promised Americans a New Deal. No one really knew what it was going to be; however they elected F. Roosevelt, because any offer was better than H. Hoover.

WPA was created to employ Americans.

They found jobs for the starving American artists.

Large scale projects such as constructing dams, bridges, and airports kept the American worker occupied for years.

The C.C.C. recruited America's young men to work on developing America.

Women weren't left out of the New Deal.