In the period of 1870-1900‚ labor unions and organizations were rarely successful in achieving their goals primarily because of problems with being able to organize large numbers of American Workers. The rare victories for labor were isolated incidents because there were no labor organizations on a national or even state-wide basis. The problems with organization arose because of five major factors - differences in union leadership‚ divisions between skilled and unskilled workers‚ ethnic and racial
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development on the worker and workplace • Labor and unions • National politics and influence of corporate power • Migration and immigration: changing face of the nation • Proponents and opponents of the new order (e.g. “Social Darwinism and Social Gospel”) AMSCO pp. 333-347 (CH 17) EV pp. 543-573 (CH 18) ESSENTIAL QUESTION (S): INDUSTRY AMSCO To what extent is it justified to characterize the industrial leaders of the 1865-1900 era as either “robber barons” or “captains
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The movement in organized labor from 1875 to 1900 to improve the position of workers was unsuccessful because of the inherent weaknesses of unions and the failures of their strikes‚ the negative public attitudes toward organized labor‚ widespread government corruption‚ and the tendency of government to side with big business. After the Civil there was a push to industrialize quickly‚ and the rushed industrialization was at the expense of the workers as it led to bigger profits for big business and
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1 Social policy‚ social welfare‚ and the welfare state John Baldock Contents ■ ■ ■ Introduction Learning outcomes Social policy Defining social policy in terms of types of expenditure Analysing social policy Social policy as intentions and objectives Redistribution The management of risk Social inclusion Social policy as administrative and financial arrangements Social policy as social administration Social policy as public finance Social policy as outcomes Social welfare The welfare state Defining
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Social Environment Social environment refers to the nature of social organisation and development of social institutions like Caste‚ Religion‚ customs ‚ and socio-economic factors like Class structure‚ Social mobility ‚ women employment etc. Impact of Social environment on Business: Caste – Competitive trading ‚ Weaving ‚ Metal ‚ finance communities Religion – Prohibition on Pork & Meat ‚ Islamic finance Customs – Women employment‚ restriction on overseas employment Class Structure - Upper
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organization promoted republicanism never acted truly as a formed labor union AFL: makes of other labor unions (samuel Gompers) craft union as it combined other unions into one IWW: Wobblies; socialist idea that all workers should be part of a single social class American railway union: largest union of the time; try to unionize all workers 4. Higher immigrants; change policies temporarily to quell workers; outsource jobs Andrew Carnegie: controlled most of steel production in the US (US steel) J
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unsuccessful? Which unions did have success and why? 7. How did the structure and goals of the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor differ? 8. What happened at Haymarket Square and how did it affect the labor union movement? 9. What was “Social Darwinism” and how did it impact America’s views on the relationship between industry and labor? 10. To what extent was the organized labor union movement successful in reaching its goals during the late 1800s and why? Key People and Terms
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Social Contructionism In chapter 2 of Surette‚ Social constructionism is a sociological theory of knowledge that consist how social objects of consciousness work in social contexts. There is often a debate about whether something is "real" or if it’s "merely" a social construct. For instance‚ If you believe social constructions aren’t real‚ then please take out all the bills in your wallet and pass them up to me. Money is an example of a social construction that plays an extremely important
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Our social status affects us and we affect our social status. We are each born into a social class‚ and we tend to like to stay there. It takes work and stress to move up the economic ladder. Most of us do not like either of those. How we change our social position‚ how it changes us‚ and how we react to it‚ all form an intricate balance in our lives. We should not‚ however‚ concentrate too much on it. So what actually alters our social classes? One thing that propels it is schooling. A quality
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Relying on a critical evaluation of the accompanying documents and your knowledge of the time period‚ assess the validity of this statement: "The growth of organized labor between 1875 and 1900 was not a radical threat to American society." ________________________________________ Document A Source: From the Depths‚ William Balfour Ker‚ 1906 ________________________________________ Document B Source: Terence V. Powderly‚ The Knights of Labor Champion Reform‚ 1887 We are breaking up old
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