HIST 305 Study Guide - Labour Movement, Moral Economy, Douglas Jung
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January 5 lecture: introduction, class still an issue, labor problems too. 2: laborers beginning to think of politics, worker-employer relations most terrible in bc, more than anything else, these problems are becoming transparent. Obviously at odds with market economy, which is not so fair: parties come and go, individual names often forgotten but their ideals live on, anti-big guy, anti-monopolist, want small scale things. Many wanted to own their own mines, much like farmers own their own farms: anti-asian, anti-oriental, etc. sentiments come from: Not exactly well-formed parties, lots of emotions, tempers, etc. Many were pro-labour: the election of many pro-labour people led to the start of laws that benefitted the workers, industrialists struck back. Standard working day was 11 hours, which was lowered to 8 hours: beneficial for workers. Joe martin was a huge labour supporter, liberal and opposes conservatives, also hates the business owners: arrived to bc in the 1890s after leaving manitoba on issues of the french.
