LABR 1290 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Tradesman, Labor Rights, British Subject
4 Oct 2016
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Pre-industrial work, capitalism and the rise of the craft unions. First half of the 19th century - unions started to emerge. Craft workers - carpenters, stone masons, printers, tailors, etc. A boy can be bound to a master craftsworker anywhere from 3-5 years. The rise of craft unions meant that craftsmen exercise full control over their crafts. Since only a number are chosen to know the craft, they have control over their products, how they sell it and for what price. They also control the production process, including the pace of work. With this, the craft unions excluded a part of the society, those who are not practicing specific crafts. Skills are not easily replaced, hence why they have that much power over anything else. For some industries, like clothing and shoemaking, women were employed as factory labour. Women"s employment into factories perceived as a threat to some men. Skilled workers tend to be english, scottish or french in origin.
