LABRST 2A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Jewish Labor Committee, Collective Agreement

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Labour Studies
• Course: LABRST 2A03
• Professor: David Goutor

Document Summary

Labour(cid:495)s record to (cid:883)(cid:891)(cid:885)(cid:882)s: white man(cid:495)s movement. Test cases dresden: human rights agitation. Tended to be more hostile and (cid:494)white man movement(cid:495: working class social norm was strong replace them. Older men with a lot of skill. Threatened by unskilled/semi-skilled workers b/c they think they can. Unions didn(cid:495)t see women as long-term workers b/c they weren(cid:495)t going to be long-term. Knights challenged the norm but not much. Socialist party of canada bc came more and more racists. Industrial workers of the world were committed to organize all workers (whatever their race/age/gender, etc. was: (cid:883)(cid:891)(cid:883)(cid:890) bc was big supporters of chinese exclusion. Things change in the (cid:494)progressive phase(cid:495) (cid:523)(cid:883)(cid:891)(cid:886)(cid:882)s(cid:524) Labour rights organization became the biggest supporters b/c progressive phase. Emerged b/c labour movement w/ new energy and new vehicle. Workers are now represented by unions (big increase of. Unions are now represented way more workers: representing immigrant workers too. Politics of racism is something that strengthens political powers.