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ILRLR 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Industrial Workers Of The World, Scientific Management

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21 Jan 2023

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Cornell University

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Early twentieth century debate over form they should take. Organize everyone in the industr/factory into one union. Didnt work, many went back to same jobs in same conditions. Iww founding 1905 workers in new systems of production. Dissatisfied of afl, not moving fast enough to find a new way to organize. Workers activities should be focused on the point of production at the workplace. Action at the workplace than any kind of political action. Big mouth - telling customers truth about products. Striking on job - taking directions literally slows production down. Ultimate aim was abolition of capitalism and wage system. Not skilled workers, no competing w afl. Different industries join iww as a whole. Craft union strikes tended to be smaller. New huge corporations w scientific management and assembly lines had huge strikes. Iww strikes compared to previous were all huge. Went on strike against worlds largest textile plant. Violence of the companies or states they were in.

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What factors posed danger to the health and safety of factory workers during the industrial Revolution? Select all that apply.

A stress from long working hours

B poor air inside factories

C close contact with other workers

D injury from machinery accidents

Answer the questions:

1. What developments fueled industrialization? Explain the impacts of these developments.

2. Describe the growth and development of the rail industry and what impact it had on the growth of the nation.

3. How did the government try to regulate business? What happened to these efforts?

4. Describe the relations between the unions and industry management during this time.

5. Who do you think profited the most during this time? Explain your answer.

I need help with the directions and the questions

"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is."

*Quote attributed to Albert Einstein, Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut, and Yogi Berra

I. Original Posting. (15 points) Post a brief (approx. 250 word) message addressing one of the following questions. You will send it the same way you sent your DA 1.1 assignment. by clicking on the "reply" below. Be sure to use information and examples from the textbook:

1. They Keep Having Babies. Briefly summarize Malthus' theory of population growth, and explain how it is related to industrialization. How does the Malthus excerpt reveal a context of industrialization? Are there clues in his writing that show he is writing about an industrializing country (Britain)? Does the process of industrialization prove his theory right, or does it challenge his predictions?

If your book does not hare Malthus as a "Sources from the Past" in it, this is your #1:

1. It's Not Just Economics. The effects of industrialization went far beyond production levels and the kind of work people performed. Describe some of the everyday social changes that resulted from industrialization in the nineteenth century, for example gender relations, living conditions, family life, daily schedules, ctc.

2. Workers Are Revolting. Briefly summarize Marx's prediction about the future of capitalism, and explain how it is related to industrialization. How does the excerpt from Marx show the effects of industrialization? How does Marx explain earlier events such as the French Revolution (sece Chapter 28 )? (Hint it has to do with one class taking over from another.)

II. Response to Other Student on Other Question. (15 points) In addition, post a short (3.5 sentence) response to a someone else's message about the OTHER question, the one you did not answer. Just click on someone else's original post on the other question, click on reply or respond, and enter the discussion about the other question.