MGMT 209 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Industrial Workers Of The World, American Railway Union, George Pullman
15 Dec 2020
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Post civil war - american business was changing ---- moved to mass production. Moving away from agrarian roots and small local business to big business - there were no laws to protect workers. Mostly coming from europe - where europe had social unionism. 35 a thousand workers a year were killed in work-related accidents with another 500000 injured per year until 1920. American employers fought the unions - violent fight between management and workers. Big businesses were fighting for not that because they wanted to take advantage of immigrants. Fighting over - union leaders were fighting for the unskilled workers that could be easily replaced. Protest the treatment of union leaders and disciplining of the. Big problems with unions were the socialism in unions. Came from europe - not received well. Socialism not well received in the us. Head of the largest union in the united states. Right after the civil war ended and the beginning of the industrial revolution.
