Trade union

The progressive era was a time of reforming the “loop-holes” that the early 1800’s government had unknowingly made. The rise of big business in the states led to an uprise in factories around major cities leading to child labor and other issues such as workers compensation laws. Women were always treated with respect, but were not given the same privileges as men. Blacks on the other hand, were not treated well because of prejudice thoughts, and were not given civil rights until much later.…

children; who were willing to take even lower wages to work. Laborers also had to work in dangerous conditions and their jobs were not secure. Disgruntled workers took action against these work conditions by coming together and to form Labor Unions. Some of the labor unions formed were the Knights of Labor formed…

A major change in America’s society during this time period was the second Industrial Revolution, in which Leuchtenburg discusses in his tenth chapter, “The Second Industrial Revolution.” The first and second revolution differ immensely due to the fact the first focused primarily on the establishment of steam powered machines while the second replaced steam with electricity as the power source. This revolution altered the daily lives of every American by changing the way of transportation,…

The harsh and dangerous working conditions were a large part of the negative side of the Industrial Revolution. “People were forced to work in harsh, dangerous conditions in order to be able to provide for their families” (Document 8). Although most people were grateful to have a job, the conditions that they were forced to work for in order to provide for their families were unfair to them, and their families. Just because they had a job for that day, doesn’t mean they would have it the next…

did not have a visa, they were willing to do unskilled labor for low pay so they could have a job that would allow them to live in the country. This gave businesses enough of a labor force to replenish what they had lost from labor unions. Because of this, many labor unions had failed in their objective to receive the agreement they…

Uber is being sued again. The question of the Uber drivers’ employment status has opened the class action floodgates. Within two weeks of the settlement of $100 million for class action lawsuits in California and Massachusetts that sought driver reclassification from independent contractors to employees, Uber is fielding two new cases against their company. Following the California and Massachusetts case resolution, similar nationwide class-action lawsuits have been filed on behalf of Uber…

Unions are a valuable foundation that should be made available to all workers. They have the ability, if done correctly, to provide various forms of support to the workplace through the resources that are readily made available to employees. The following section will discuss the way in which collective bargaining, equal pay, benefits and power contribute to making unions a vital part of every workplace. Above all, unions act as an agent to represent all colleagues in a workplace. These unions…

To begin, the result of the Homestead Strike was that the chance of having another strike like that is slim to none. For instance, sending in the State Militia sent a message to unions across America that having a successful strike and getting what they request is harder than it seems. Andrew Carnegie became the richest man in the world and with his money he created establishments to better the American people. For example, Carnegie…

The "Gilded Age" is a sarcastic term used to describe the time period when many industrialists gained wealth and luxurious lifestyles through corruption. Although people can be described as living a golden existence, under all the gold paint many sins in this era where still beneath it. Small farmers and others with low paying jobs felt as if society was being dived between what people do have, and what people do not have. Many of the lowerclassmen did not have the advantage that many of the…

Unions typically are not an employers best friend because once a union is formed with members, they all tend to stick together. This could result in a whole bunch of people going on strike until they get what they want. “Back in the late 1800’s, the first woman union was formed by Kate Mullaney. She led a strike against 14 commercial laundries demanding wage increases and attention…