LABR 2P93 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Ben Tillett, Workers Solidarity Movement, Syndicalism
1 Mar 2016
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Who the workers were: almost all migrants (108), subcontractors (109) Type of work: cleaning, no contracts, don"t know official hours, wages, status, etc (109) Political/social/economic status: treated as they are no one, looked through (109), first to be accused to stealing (109), lack of respect (109) Challenges they faced: no contracts, management harasses and blackmails them (109), people without documents are afraid to say anything (109), tensions between workers make if difficult to unite (110) How they responded to challenges: tgwu distributes leaflets to cleaning staff of financial heart of london (108), use patience to overcome divisions (110), try to form a union. Tom mann: skilled engineer who believed that current trade unions were useless for unskilled workers (114) (more about where he went in 140) These men will cross oceans for unions for unskilled workers and international solidarity (111) Between 1889 and wwi, the labour movement will go global by creating mass trade unions (111)
