LABRST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Scientific Management, Blue-Collar Worker, Terence V. Powderly

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Labour Studies
• Course: LABRST 1A03
• Professor: Gouter

Document Summary

{knights of labour, craft unions and the american federation of. Rise and fall of the knights of labour (part 1) From the ones studied thus far and many after. How and where they wanted to represent people. Didn"t just want to be workplace active but also outside of the workplace, culture, labour debates, etc. Also why they didn"t last too spread out. Not just tight groups but also loose groups as well (k of l) Things were shaky; people weren"t sure where power would fall. 1885 railroad strike stephen gould (reading notes) Wanted to be more than just a small group. Made good arguments in the political realm of labour. Happened after the k of l won with the strike against stephen gould. 1 million people joined large amounts of people joined. Before to join a craftsman union one had to be a skilled worker. Open to everyone though, including women and blacks.