NO105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Homestead Strike, California Agricultural Labor Relations Act Of 1975, Community Service Organization
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Dolores heurta: economic development due to labour, movement of people more complex, born in 1930, new mexico, sub western us, from childhood, exposed to labour and political activism, her father was a farmer and miner. Also, a union activist encouraging fellow workers to unit to collectively strive for better working conditions. Community activism led to political career as an elective member of the state legislate in 1938: parents divorced at a young age. Lived with her mother in stockton, california: her mother had a reputation for being very community minded. In addition, also provided labour for free in a system called corve . Manufacturing company: 19th century industrialization: workers no longer had personal, close relationships with their employers, majority became part of a large working class. Industrial workers of the world: radical ambitions to over throw the capitalism and restructure society: american federation of labor was less radical and became the leading labour institution in the us.
