LABRST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Craft Unionism, Still Remains, Short-Term Analog Flash And Emergency Readiness Act
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Craft unions are the first kinds of union created. Try to protect skilled trades workers from the effects of industrialization. Conservative to who they"re open to skilled trades workers. Numbers are small, not large organizations (not directed to organize the mass of workers) Tend to be directed towards older, white man (have the skilled training, tenure to be established in the economy) Are there to help a small group of people. Backward looking want to preserve a lot of old traditions from the previous times (before industrializations) Preserve craft pride, how trades work ( don"t make them like they used to ) In regards to a skilled trades worker, factory workers don"t make as good quality items. The way they functioned is that they fought for control (can"t replace them!) Tried to leverage their skill for control (keeping control over how the work is made) Directly fighting with the boss for the control over the workplace.