LABRST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Samuel Gompers, Business Matters, Knights Of Labor

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

Document Summary

Rise and fall: terence powderly, great upheaval, collapse. Broad and flexible organization: mixed assemblies, humanity + work. Becomes the top leader of the knights. President, 1879: sign of the organization going to open up, open up based to people on race and religion. Hostile to groups of immigrants (unless africans) Non-religious organization; massive people rushing into this organization. Did achieve in a short amount of time + new ideas placed on the table. Left it to workers decided how they wanted to work. Wanted to be a broader/mass union approach (not like craft unions) Wanted to preserve common bonds of humanity. Some open to african americans and other groups. Knights were the first to open the workplace to blacks. Culture in which people ask questions, don(cid:495)t accept status quo. Circle represents unity and angles on circle, all of them are the same. Symbol of unity = everyone moving at the same angle.