HIST 1312 Lecture 4: Labor in the Gilded Age
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Mark twain wrote a novel called the gilded age in 1873. Previously the boss and workers often socialized and drank together. Now the boss is an increasingly remote figure. Ma(cid:374)age(cid:373)e(cid:374)t did(cid:374)"t (cid:272)are a(cid:374)d a lot of people"s jo(cid:271)s were at stake. E(cid:454): (cid:894)ma(cid:374)age(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:895) (cid:862)if (cid:455)ou do(cid:374)"t (cid:272)o(cid:373)e o(cid:374) u(cid:374)da(cid:455) do(cid:374)"t (cid:272)o(cid:373)e o(cid:374) Railroad brakemen: operates railroad track switches and couples or uncouples freight cars. Working in unbearable conditions that result in accidents that left the workers to be amputated. The most common working condition in the steel mill were unbearable, working under hot, unbreathable conditions that resulted in 20% of workers suffered injuries. Meat pa(cid:272)ki(cid:374)g upto(cid:374) i(cid:374)(cid:272)lair"s the jungle (1906) A (cid:271)ook that i(cid:374)(cid:272)lair wrote a(cid:271)out the (cid:373)eat pa(cid:272)ki(cid:374)g fa(cid:272)tor(cid:455)"s worki(cid:374)g conditions. Men were processed in these vats and rendered down into fats and sold to the public. In reaction to all of these abuses and dangers trade unions began to develop in the late 19th century.
