WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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strikes
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boycotts
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referendums
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work stoppages
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Detailed explanation-1: -The tactics available to the union include striking, picketing, and boycotting. When they go on strike, workers walk away from their jobs and refuse to return until the issue at hand has been resolved.
Detailed explanation-2: -trade union, also called labour union, association of workers in a particular trade, industry, or company created for the purpose of securing improvements in pay, benefits, working conditions, or social and political status through collective bargaining.
Detailed explanation-3: -The union can do the following: Call a strike (in which workers leave their jobs until the issue is settled) Organize picketing (in which workers congregate outside the workplace to publicize their position)
Detailed explanation-4: -Through collective bargaining, workers tend to receive a greater share of productivity gains as wages. This can in turn promote cooperation and increase productivity in the enterprise and contribute to higher demand in the economy.