LABRST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Terence V. Powderly, Expulsion Of The Acadians, Factory Acts
23 Feb 2015
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Violence on the picket line, threatening people during protests. He is trying to establish a trade union and make it friendly to him and make it moderate. Political lobbying: master and servant act, main law governing the relationship between one employee and employer. This criminalized quitting, you could not only be sued for breaking a contract but you could also be arrested: factory acts, first law that government working conditions in factories. Up until the act there was no implication as to what was safe and what was not. First act to recognize child labour and banned it for children under 12 and girls under. National assemblies give labour a voice on a bigger stage: canadian labour union 1873-77, trades and labour congress, 1883. Criminal record stays with you for life and makes it harder to find a job. Rise and fall of the knights of labour- pt 1.
