The goals of most labor unions in the 1930s was the right to organize, in the 1970s to increase worker pay and benefits, in the 1980s union recognition and job security, today to reduce job loss from outsourcing. One can conclude that: Multiple choice question. changes in the social and economic environment determine the goals of labor in a given period the goals of labor unions do not change over time regardless of the economy unions do not adapt to changes in the environment union leadership operates without concern for the economic and social environment