ILRLR 2010- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 35 pages long!)
6 Oct 2017
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Labor unions developed in the 18th century in largest cities, mostly among skilled. Improvements in transportation and greater movement of people workers. developed in response to issues and tended to die as the issue was addressed. Railroad strikes, turbulent times, knights of labor: skilled and unskilled, all genders, Afl in 1886, accepted capitalism and wanted to enlarge bargaining power of the worker. Autonomy in internal affairs of affiliated unions. Avoidance of permanent commitment to any political party, using political. Voluntarism, improvement of wages and hours through trade unions. influence. Labor injunction class, and legal responses to unions. Labor difficulties in 19th century: abundance of land, immigration, lack of unified working. Initial response: combinations of craftsmen treated as criminal conspiracy. philadelphia. Decline in criminal conspiracy doctrine: commonwealth v. hunt. Use of collective action typically inflicts harm on employers, nonunion, rival unions, general public - civil action cases against unions for damages or to stop strikes/boycott.
