ECON 1BB3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 35: Industrial Revolution, United Steelworkers, Craft Unionism

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Economics
• Course: ECON 1BB3
• Professor: Aleksandra Gajic

Document Summary

Management: wants to maximize profit and care for shareholders. Labour: interested in fair treatment of workers: fixing working conditions, higher wages, and any other things that are lobbied to the law to improve worker rights. First started out as people wanting to protect their trades in local areas. 1800"s: labour was scarce for employers, employees could easily fight for rights. Craft unions: organization of skilled specialists in a particular trade and craft: ex. Distributing prohibited | downloaded by arsen terzian (arsen98@gmail. com) lomoar cpsd|2151316: even before and after unions were legalized, labour history has been known to be bloody with really bad endings to strikes (ex. Industrial union: consists of unskilled to semi-skilled workers in mass production industries like automobiles and mining. Structure and size of labour unions in canada. Union local: represents one store or small agency within a town o can also represent a number of stores with a small region.