IRE244H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Winnipeg General Strike, Labor History (Journal), Trade Union
11 Oct 2018
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Master-servant relationship: employment relationships in which employees have few rights. Common law: legal regime for nonunion employment. New model unionism: the movement to trade (or craft) unions. Generally composed of specialist employees performing a common trade, new model unions oten restricted access to the trade through the use of apprenticeships. Trade union: unions that organize workers of a trade regardless of their industry or workplace. The nine-hour movement and trade union act of 1872. Said to have influenced the prime minister at the time to create the. American federation of labor and the trades and labor congress of. Exclusive jurisdiction: what exists when a single union represents all workers of a trade or occupational grouping. Business unionism (or pure-and-simple unionism): unionism that focuses on improving wages and the working conditions of its workers. Political nonpartisanship: belief that unions should not be aligned with any political party. Believed in creation of single large union for skilled and unskilled workers.
