Rise of Labor Unions and Strikes

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Rise of Labor Unions and Strikes

• And
• Lasting Impacts of Industrialization

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Working Conditions

• Unclean and Unsafe
• Adults and children were frequently injured and
  killed by machinery
• If you were sick would be fired
• If you were injured would be fired
• If you grew old and were not as productive
  would be fired
• No protection against unfair treatment

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Working Conditions

• Low Pay, Long Hours , Unsafe Working Conditions
• Workers became increasingly dissatisfied
• Working class had little political power and few
  resources (money) to achieve any changes
• Some began rioting violence and destruction of
  machines and buildings
• Some began to band together to form labor unions

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Trade Unions

• Represented workers in dealing with factory
  owners
• May use strikes as a bargaining tool
• Stop working to force factory owners to meet
  their demands
• Some governments would ban strikes
• Run by wealthy business people and factory owners

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Trade Unions

• Unions would eventually become legal
• Factory owners still found ways to oppose them
• Threatened workers may lose job
• Hire strikebreakers
• Hire scabs or replacement workers

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Trade Unions

• Finally, after perseverance would achieve
• Shorter work days
• Higher Wages
• Safer working conditions

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Progress of Industrialization

• 1817 Belgium opened textile factories
• Soon after, France and Germany began to slowly
  build their manufacturing base
• By the 1820s, U.S. entrepreneurs began to use
  English technology and opened textile mills in
  New England
• By the 20th Century (1900s), U.S. led the world
  in manufacturing

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Development of Technology

• Steel replaced iron
• Railroads, Skyscrapers, Bridges, Machines
• Electricity
• Became a widespread power source by the late
  1800s
• Thomas Edison Light bulb Factories could
  operate at night

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Development of Technology

• Communication
• Telephone 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell
• Edison would improve the telephone
• Transportation
• Internal Combustion Engine led to the
  development of the automobile

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Lasting Impacts of Industrialization

• Trade and Commerce spread industrial ideas and
  techniques
• By the second half of the 20th century (1900s),
  nations that had industrialized were rich and
  influential
• Those that did not were poor and weak

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International Power

• Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan,
  Canada, and the U.S.
• Became major powers which led to social and
  political reforms and technology growth
• Russia, Spain, and Portugal
• Remained agricultural
• Nations in Africa, South Asia, and Latin America
  still lack industrialization
• Many receive economic aid from power nations

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Multi-National Corporations

• 21st century
• Nations in Asia and Latin America are beginning
  to industrialize
• Investments from native entrepreneurs
• Multi-national corporations
• Build factories in developing countries
• Can pay workers less cheap labor
• Helps meet the higher global demand for goods