Unions
When
people of a certain workplace come together to achieve a common goal, they have
created a union. In the 1800’s, there were two basic types of industrial
workers, those were craft workers and common laborers. Since the craft workers
had more skills than common laborers, their wages were higher. Trade unions
started being formed in the 1830’s when industrialization began to spread among
America. These trade unions spread across the United States over time, and by
1873, there were thirty-two national trade unions.
Companies
did not like that unions were being formed, and they used several techniques so
that employers wouldn't join them anymore. If workers tried to organize a union,
they would be fired and placed on a list called the blacklist. Once they were
placed on this blacklist, they were known as troublemakers and no other company
would hire them. Sometimes the unions would call a strike, and if they did this
there would just be different people hired for their position. Employers did
everything they could to stop the unions from forming, and sometimes it did
work.
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