Workforce by Stormy Peterson https://padlet.com/petersonsm/tenu0shch3vn5s05 Made with charisma en-us 2020-12-04 13:45:45 UTC 2024-06-06 01:16:46 UTC hello@padlet.com What was the National War Labor Board (NWLB) AND how did it help mobilize the U.S. workforce? petersonsm https://padlet.com/petersonsm/tenu0shch3vn5s05/wish/987453742 The National War Labor Board known as the (NWLB) is a board formed of 12 people that was used to settle outbreaks/outrages or disputes that happened so it would help to stop and prevent the cause of strikes or lockouts in the war industries. It helped to mobilize the U.S. workforce by helping improve the working conditions and negotiate between problems workers and the business overall.]]> 2020-12-04 13:46:26 UTC https://padlet.com/petersonsm/tenu0shch3vn5s05/wish/987453742 Give an example of one labor strike that occurred during WWI AND how the NWLB solved the dispute? petersonsm https://padlet.com/petersonsm/tenu0shch3vn5s05/wish/987469645 An example of one labor strike that occurred during WWI is the Steel Strike of 1919.  The National War Labor Board solved the dispute by shorting everyone's work hours from 12 hour work day to 8 hour work days. 


]]> 2020-12-04 13:51:18 UTC https://padlet.com/petersonsm/tenu0shch3vn5s05/wish/987469645 What was the Great Migration AND how did it help mobilize the U.S. workforce petersonsm https://padlet.com/petersonsm/tenu0shch3vn5s05/wish/987477745 The Great Migration was the movement for over 6 million African Americans from the South to the United States for the job opportunities. It helped mobilize the U.S. workforce by bringing in more people to work and fill the spots that fell empty when the war started. 


]]> 2020-12-04 13:53:32 UTC https://padlet.com/petersonsm/tenu0shch3vn5s05/wish/987477745 What type of jobs did women take during WWI? petersonsm https://padlet.com/petersonsm/tenu0shch3vn5s05/wish/987796187 The types of jobs women took during WWI was factory, nurses,doctors, and agricultural. 


]]> 2020-12-04 15:08:41 UTC https://padlet.com/petersonsm/tenu0shch3vn5s05/wish/987796187 How did women mobilize the workforce? petersonsm https://padlet.com/petersonsm/tenu0shch3vn5s05/wish/987825877 Women mobilized the workforce by stepping and filling in the empty spots that were left from the men leaving for war. They all stepped in and worked in factories to help make things for war or work positions for the war. ]]> 2020-12-04 15:15:08 UTC https://padlet.com/petersonsm/tenu0shch3vn5s05/wish/987825877 How many women remained in the workforce following the end of WWI? Explain, in detail, why some women stayed working and some choose to return home. petersonsm https://padlet.com/petersonsm/tenu0shch3vn5s05/wish/987832261 The number of women that remained in the workforce following the end of WWI is hard to get an exact number of women that remained in the workforce. But between 23.6% to 37.7% and 46.7% in 914 to 1918. Some may have chosen to return home because of the low wages they got working or get told to go home and some may have chosen to stay in the workforce to help and work alongside men but for the lower wages. 


]]> 2020-12-04 15:16:31 UTC https://padlet.com/petersonsm/tenu0shch3vn5s05/wish/987832261 What industries boomed during WWI? petersonsm https://padlet.com/petersonsm/tenu0shch3vn5s05/wish/987845070 The industries that boomed during WWI were the aircraft industry.


]]> 2020-12-04 15:19:18 UTC https://padlet.com/petersonsm/tenu0shch3vn5s05/wish/987845070 How did war improve America’s finances? petersonsm https://padlet.com/petersonsm/tenu0shch3vn5s05/wish/987860193 War improved America's finances by having the income taxes get cleared and the war bonds that people used to help pay for the war. And the U.S. that helped the allied powers. 


]]> 2020-12-04 15:22:39 UTC https://padlet.com/petersonsm/tenu0shch3vn5s05/wish/987860193 How many men were left without work once they returned from serving overseas? Explain, in detail, how the government addresses the problem of unemployed men. petersonsm https://padlet.com/petersonsm/tenu0shch3vn5s05/wish/987871912 The number of men that were left without work once they returned home from serving overseas was more than 330,000 men. The government addressed it by sending some already working people home or they just raised the taxes on people to help with the expenses of the war. Or they would make job that women do be for men also.


]]> 2020-12-04 15:25:18 UTC https://padlet.com/petersonsm/tenu0shch3vn5s05/wish/987871912 How many jobs did WWI create? Explain, in detail, the impact this had on the American economy. petersonsm https://padlet.com/petersonsm/tenu0shch3vn5s05/wish/987888746 The amount of jobs that WWI created is hard to give an exact number on but our workforce went up to 46.7% in the times of the war. The impact this had on the economy was good because it opened up so many jobs and the government paid low wages to the women and people who stepped in to fill the jobs that were open from the men that went overseas to fight.


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