LABRST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Samuel Gompers, Expulsion Of The Acadians, Black Canadians

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Labour Studies
• Course: LABRST 1A03
• Professor: David Goutor

Document Summary

Talking about focusing on wages, benefits, and higher living standards. Big advocate on raising standards of living for workers. Known as bread and butter unionism (keeping the loyalty of your workers) Long-term loyalty of workers: if you don"t raise their standard of living then they won"t be loyal. Approach to organizing - what the knights are known for black canadians, etc) They are a broad and flexible organization; open to anyone who works (women, First organization to organize black people but there were limits on their power. Also limits on immigrants (saw immigrants as a threat ie asians because ??) Let workers decide how they wanted to organize. Was a reflection of their thinking: humanity and work (are we losing our humanity, are. Wanted to maintain humanity at work and not dehumanize workers. Knights of labour - movement of culture authority. Also wanted to create a society where people ask questions all the time; challenge the.