MHR 522 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Los Angeles Times Building, Labor Management Relations Act Of 1947, Winnipeg General Strike

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Human Resources
• Course: MHR 522
• Professor: Tingting Zhang

Document Summary

Historical development of labour movement: chris and crew, 1492, master-servant relationship: employment relationship in which employees have few rights, craft unions (mid 1800s) Sought to protect skill trades: trade union (late 19th c) Organize all workers (in a trade) regardless of industry. Organize all workers regardless of industry or trade. Nine-hour movement, trade union act (1872: ha(cid:373)ilto(cid:374) (cid:449)o(cid:396)ke(cid:396)s p(cid:396)i(cid:374)te(cid:396)"s st(cid:396)ike, first unified protest movement, macdonald (cid:449)o(cid:396)ki(cid:374)g (cid:373)a(cid:374)"s f(cid:396)ie(cid:374)d, no longer a conspiracy or crime to join a union, penalties for striking, birth of canadian labour movement. United states 1886: american federation of labor: samuel gompers, exclusive jurisdiction (one union per craft, business unionism, political non-partisanship. Canada 1886: trades & labour congress of canada. Included the knights of labour: skilled and unskilled workers, women members, opposed to strikes, cooperative business, social unionism. Historical development of the us labour movement: struggles for freedom (1800-1865, o(cid:396)igi(cid:374) of toda(cid:455)"s u(cid:374)io(cid:374) mo(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, the progressive era.