LABRST 1A03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Steel Workers Organizing Committee, Second Industrial Revolution, Master Craftsman

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Infrastructure is basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise: the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function. It can be generally defined as the set of interconnected structural elements that provide framework supporting an entire structure of development. It is an important term for judging a country or region"s development. Stelco strike: us steel canada (formerly stelco) is a steel company based in hamilton. It continued on for almost 100-years, until it filed for bankruptcy in 2007 and was bought us steel. Stelco strike: at the steel company of canada in hamilton. More than 2,000 employees went on strike over work week hours and wages. Although the company brought in replacement workers, strikers managed to stop the flow of supplies to the plant. It ended several weeks later with stelco"s recognition of the united steelworkers.