Self-study
P1
In April 1990 representatives of the Pico Korea Union of electronics workers in Buchon City, South Korea, traveled to the United States in order to demand just settlement of their claims from the parent company of their employer, who upon the formation of the union had shut down operations without paying the workers. ████ ███ ██████████ ███ █████ █████ ███ ██████████ ██ ██ █████████████ █████████ ██ ██████ ████████ ██████ ███ ██████ ████████ ███ ██████ ████████ █████████ ██ ███████ ███████
Intro topic ·
Pico Korea Union demands
Union workers from Korea demanded settlement from parent of their employer in the US. The union cause affected the Korean-American community.
P2
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Impact 1 ·
Rallied Korean-Am community otherwise divided by generation, class, politics
Brought political consciousness to younger, second-generation Koreans, who were generally richer than older generations.
Impact 2 ·
Sparked interest in Korean cultural identity
Impact 3 ·
Suggested new roles for recent immigrants
Immigrants knowledge of working conditions in other countries can help give perspective and create international ties.
Impact 4 ·
Alliances between Korean-Am community and labor and social justice groups
P3
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How impacts were produced ·
Pico union issues implicated larger concerns about social justice and workers' rights
Korean workers, Korean-Am workers, and working class in general had common interests in more compensation and respect.
P4
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Author's lesson ·
Connections to struggles of people in origin-countries may empower immigrant communities
Passage Style
Single position
Spotlight
8.
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a
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The passage suggests the main reason for the shut down was the formation of the Pico Korea Union. (A) doesn’t say that.
b
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The passage suggests the main reason for the shut down was the formation of the Pico Korea Union. (B) doesn’t say that.
c
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d
the withholding of ████████ █████ ██ ███ ██████ ███████
The withholding of pay is something that happened in connection with the shut down. But it’s not presented as a reason for the shut down.
e
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The passage suggests the main reason for the shut down was the formation of the Pico Korea Union. (E) doesn’t say that.