HISTORY 100AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Pullman Strike, Solidarity Action, Closed Shop
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Was an actor before he was president. Prof: friedman was influential in government policy, specifically the free market. ". 1895 - supreme court upholds injunction against eugen debs. 1935 - 13 of non-farm workers are organized. Gaev states the right to pass the :right to work laws. *trump card* -- the co. can move (relocate) to cheap labour elsewhere. 1930s - union labour battle @ rca plant in camden, nj. 1940 - co. opens production in bloomington, in where there is initially an abundance of cheap and docile labour. But by the 1960s the workers had become militant, expensive, and scarce. 1965 - 1971 -- rca opens a factory in memphis. Rca did not close plants immediately upon opening new ones. Services assign an economic value to basic social needs and relations. Practically, labour that is not manufacturing or agriculture. Traditionally, service work has often been a female profession.
