LABRST 1A03 Lecture 19: Feb 16
6 Feb 2016
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Gomperism = samuel gompers: bread and butter unionism. American standard of living: business unionism, representation. Berlin 1902: john flett, tlc problems. Pressure on craft unions: continued deskilling. Afl becomes a major institutiton, build to a large extent with. Had principle that he wanted craft unions to adhere to. Berlin is in ontario, kitchener was used to called berlin (1902) Key figure in canada was john flett. Gompers wanted professional organizers, and this is what flett showed. Flett organized about 150 locals in about 4 year, very productive. Unions are growing because craft unions are feeling the pressure. Machinery etc advances and craft workers are under pressure. Because of this, some ppl start to think about another model for unionism, industrial unionism. Industrial unions want to represent all the workers in an industry whether you"re skilled or not. Industrial unions needed to have strength in numbers, not skill. This was never going to work for skilled craft workers, because they.
