LABRST 1A03 Lecture 2: Unit 2 Consolidation of Working Class Oppression
10 Feb 2019
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Insecurity, health risks on the job, in the community: children suffered the most, victorian ideology, dominant ideology of the day. Ideology of expansion, based on self-reliance, political movement, e. g. , So that they don"t get comfortable and stop earning and rely solely on the charity. It was basically to test if people were willing to work or not. Stretching resources; getting every little ounce of things from the neighborhood: housing is the biggest stretching resource, getting everything in the house; fitting more families in a small house. Found that some trades could not be controlled, skilled printers like handset type were the high trades at that time: e. g. , international convention delegates. Legal status: there wasn"t any law for union movements, they often worried that they might get arrested because of what they were doing, political lobbying, factory acts were the first safety acts, included child labor.
