THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
AMERICAN INDUSTRIALIZATION FACTORY SYSTEM AND MARKET REVOLUTION
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Unskilled workers were paid high wages.
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Unskilled workers could be replaced more easily than skilled workers.
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Unskilled workers were not allowed to join unions.
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Many unskilled workers were deported for supporting unions.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The main goal was control of working conditions, setting uniform wage scales, or to protest the firing of a member. Most strikes were of very short duration. During poor economic times, strikes were violent and less successful.
Detailed explanation-2: -There was no unemployment insurance, health insurance, old age pensions, paid holidays or paid sick days. Industrial workers in the late 1800s had no power to make big business raise their pay or improve their working conditions. Since most work required little skill, workers could easily be replaced.
Detailed explanation-3: -The unions organized strikes and negotiated with employers for better working conditions and pay. During the Industrial Revolution this wasn’t always a peaceful process. When employers tried to replace striking workers, the workers sometimes fought back.
Detailed explanation-4: -A strike is an organized stoppage of work conducted by laborers in order to impose bargaining power against employers. Strikes may be carried out in response to dangerous working conditions, unfair treatment, low wages, or any other workplace grievance that negatively impacts workers’ safety or wellbeing.