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根据以下材料，回答题Empoweringworkersconstitutesthefirststeptowardastrongereconomyandstrongercitizenry.Itisavitalsteptowardovercominginequality.inAmericanSociety.Duringthe1980s,theneedforbetterwagesforallworkersincreasedaswomen,traditionallysecondaryearners,assumedgrea-terresponsibilityfortheirownandtheirchildren'swell-being.Yettheabilitytoraisefamiliestoadecentlivingstandardthroughwageworkdecreased;realwagesfellformostworkers.AndtheFederalGovernment.enactednonewpoliciestofacilitatetheintegrationofworkandfamily,asworkingwomenandworkingfamiliessufferedalossinpoliticalpoweraswell.
BlackorHispanicwomenarefourtimesaslikelytobelow-wageworkersasarewhitemenwithcomparableskillsandexperience.Whitewomenaremorethanthreetimesaslikelyaswhitementobelow-wageworkers,andblackorHispanicmenmorethanone-and-a-halftimesas,likely.Morethanhalfofalllow-wageworkersaretheonlywageworkersintheirfamilies,orlivealone.Employmentnolongerprovidesanescapefrompoverty.Morethaneightmillionworkinga-dultsarepoor;twomillionofthemworkfull-time,year-round.Morethansevenmillionpoorchil-drenhaveatleastoneworkingparent.Whenthatoneworkingparentisalow-wageworker,thechildrenhavenobetterchanceofescapingfrompovertythaniftheparentwerenotworkingatall;morethantwo-fifthsofsuchchildrenarepoor.
Evenifgenerousincomeassistancewereavailable,thewagesemployerspaywouldbeheldtoaminimum.Inaddition,policiessuchastaxcreditsforworkingparentsdonothingtoincreasethepoliticalpowerofworkingwomenandmen.
Ourresearchshowsthatunionizationisamongthemosteffectivestrategiesforraisingpay,es-peciallyforwomenandminoritymen.Beingaunionmember,orbeingcoveredbyacollective-bargainingagreement,raised1984wagesby$1.79perhourforHispanicmen,$1.32forblackmen,$1.26forHispanicwomen,$1.01forblackwomen,$0.68forwhitewomen,and$0.41forwhitemen,whenallotherfactors,suchasoccupation,industry,firmsize,educationandexperiencewereheldconstant.Inpercentageterms,theunionincreasewasmorethan15per-centforblacksandHispanics,11.percentforwhitewomen,and4percentforwhitemen.
Duringthel980s，womenstartedtoplayamoreimportantrolein A．demandingpoliticalrights.
B．improvingSocialwelfare·
C．supportingthefamily.
D．earningbetterwages.
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