HISTORY 124A Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: New York Central Railroad, Midvale Steel, Welfare Capitalism
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Essay 2 prompt posted: due friday, 11/18/2016. A strategy used in the 1920s by big business to give ropers some fringe benefits to that they won"t strike and they"ll be happier on the job; they"ll produce more: recreational activities, paid vacations. If we provide more benefits, it might be cheaper than continuously breaking up strikes. Therefore, improve labor strike itself and undermine unions. The middle class might start looking favorably upon big businesses. 1878 taylor takes a job at the midvale steel works and soon becomes a gang boss, then manager. 1880 taylor wins a bitter fight with workers over production speed. Taylor characterized schmidt (henry noll) as the mentally sluggish type . 1898 taylor increases worker output at bethlehem steel. Corporation from 12. 5 tons per day to 47. 5 tons per day, a 380% productivity increase for a wage increase of 80% 1906 taylor elected president to the american society of.
