LABRST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Deskilling, Central Canada, Oliver Mowat

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Labour Studies
• Course: LABRST 1A03
• Professor: David Goutor

Document Summary

Role in community: production is local (expensive bringing in goods from other countries, self-sufficiency, key figure: master-craftsmen. Provide for community (we produce the things the community needs) Impact on quality of life (standard of living depended on how good the local business" were: sometimes on identity of community. Shop attached to home: family roles in business (women keep track of sales, sons employed in the master craftsmen, personal connections in business. Mastercraftsman (most skilled workers, did most complicated work on jobs, also the ones who made the decision of how things were made) Journeyman (skilled workers, paid well, learning their trade and hard to replace. Not independent and couldn"t run own shop or be their own bosses. Apprentices (young, 13 or 14, learn trade and do a lot of the grunt work like cleaning the tools and keeping track of materials needed) Mastercraftsman= role model: teaches trade, teaches values, father figure at the work place, connection with apprentices.