IRE431H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 37: Majoritarianism, Inequality Of Bargaining Power, Picketing
22 Jul 2020
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Ire431 chapter 37: a brief history of labor and the law. Until about 1850, canada was still pre-industrial. Most households lived an agrarian life and produced what goods they needed. What artisans there were produced items consistent with the master and servant framework. As part of the master and servant regime, young boys were oftentimes indentured to a particular master craftsman who would take them on as apprentices. The craftsman would teach his craft to the apprentice, who would go through stages of aptitude - journeyman, and then a master craftsman in his own right. A full-fledged industrial society gradually emerged during the late 19th century, the mutuality of interests between master craftsmen and their journeymen blurred. Some master craftsmen began to run their shops in line with the large-scale manufactories that were the hallmark of early industrialization. The economic insecurity that attended the changed productive processes prompted craftsworkers to develop what were known as friendly societies .
