Working Conditions in the Late 1700 Tha Led to Reform Working Conditions
Binta Barry
HR as the Vanguard of Employee Governance , Assignment 1-3
HRM402/ Module1 / 30/06/11
Key Events in the History of Workers in United States
|Key Event |Rationale for Selecting as a Key Event |
|Pre-Industrial Period |
|1. | |
|2. |Black women received half the wages the white women earned" (46-47). These|
|Racial division of labor |statements about the tobacco industry describe the condition of many |
| |African-Americans, especially those living in the south and west |
|3. |Carpenters in Boston were the first to stage a strike for the 10-hour |
|27 April 1825 |work-day. |
| | |
|Industrial Period |
|1. |This practice is considered exploitative by many international |
| |organizations and is illegal in many countries. Child labor was utilized |
| |to varying extents through most of history, but entered public dispute |
|Child labor |with the advent of universal schooling, with changes in working conditions|
| |during the industrial revolution, and with the emergence of the concepts |
| |of workers and children 's rights. |
|2.IWW |The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or the Wobblies) is an |
| |international union. At its peak in 1923, the organization claimed some |
| |100,000 members in good standing, and could marshal the support of perhaps|
| |300,000 workers. Its membership declined dramatically after a 1924 split |
| |brought on by internal conflict. IWW membership does not require that one |
| |work in a represented workplace, nor does it exclude membership in another|
| |labor union. |
|3. |enacted in 1935 as part of the New Deal legislation, guarantees workers |
|The National labor Relation Act |the right to form unions and engage in collective bargaining. This |
| |legislation and its subsequent amendments are also key elements of U.S. |
| |labor law. |
| | |
|Big Government Period |
|1. |Under the leadership of Sergeant Shriver, was charged not just with |
| |helping prepare the poor for productive work, but also with involving the |
|OEO |poor in finding their own lot |
|2. |After the rioting by young African American in the Watts neighborhood of |
| |Los Angeles in 1965, the Johnson administration felt a more urgent need to|
|Conflict with the Trade Union |address the problem of joblessness among the black urban population. |
|3. |It forced historians to pay more attention to factors such as race, class |
| |ethnicity |
|Great Upheaval | |
References:
labor ( [pic]2011). In Compton 's by Britannica. Retrieved from http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/article-203534/labor
labor (2011) Retrieved from http:Virginia.edu
|Key Event |Rationale for Selecting as a Key Event |
|New Frontier/Great Society Period |
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|Contemporary Period |
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References: labor ( [pic]2011). In Compton 's by Britannica. Retrieved from http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/article-203534/labor labor (2011) Retrieved from http:Virginia.edu
HR as the Vanguard of Employee Governance , Assignment 1-3
HRM402/ Module1 / 30/06/11
Key Events in the History of Workers in United States
|Key Event |Rationale for Selecting as a Key Event |
|Pre-Industrial Period |
|1. | |
|2. |Black women received half the wages the white women earned" (46-47). These|
|Racial division of labor |statements about the tobacco industry describe the condition of many |
| |African-Americans, especially those living in the south and west |
|3. |Carpenters in Boston were the first to stage a strike for the 10-hour |
|27 April 1825 |work-day. |
| | |
|Industrial Period |
|1. |This practice is considered exploitative by many international |
| |organizations and is illegal in many countries. Child labor was utilized |
| |to varying extents through most of history, but entered public dispute |
|Child labor |with the advent of universal schooling, with changes in working conditions|
| |during the industrial revolution, and with the emergence of the concepts |
| |of workers and children 's rights. |
|2.IWW |The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or the Wobblies) is an |
| |international union. At its peak in 1923, the organization claimed some |
| |100,000 members in good standing, and could marshal the support of perhaps|
| |300,000 workers. Its membership declined dramatically after a 1924 split |
| |brought on by internal conflict. IWW membership does not require that one |
| |work in a represented workplace, nor does it exclude membership in another|
| |labor union. |
|3. |enacted in 1935 as part of the New Deal legislation, guarantees workers |
|The National labor Relation Act |the right to form unions and engage in collective bargaining. This |
| |legislation and its subsequent amendments are also key elements of U.S. |
| |labor law. |
| | |
|Big Government Period |
|1. |Under the leadership of Sergeant Shriver, was charged not just with |
| |helping prepare the poor for productive work, but also with involving the |
|OEO |poor in finding their own lot |
|2. |After the rioting by young African American in the Watts neighborhood of |
| |Los Angeles in 1965, the Johnson administration felt a more urgent need to|
|Conflict with the Trade Union |address the problem of joblessness among the black urban population. |
|3. |It forced historians to pay more attention to factors such as race, class |
| |ethnicity |
|Great Upheaval | |
References:
labor ( [pic]2011). In Compton 's by Britannica. Retrieved from http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/article-203534/labor
labor (2011) Retrieved from http:Virginia.edu
|Key Event |Rationale for Selecting as a Key Event |
|New Frontier/Great Society Period |
|1. | |
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|2. | |
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|3. | |
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|Contemporary Period |
|1. | |
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[pic]
References: labor ( [pic]2011). In Compton 's by Britannica. Retrieved from http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/article-203534/labor labor (2011) Retrieved from http:Virginia.edu