WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Workers were already paid high wages.
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Government supported big businesses
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Workers were unable to start labor unions
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Many workers were deported for supporting unions.
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Detailed explanation-1: -THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF A STRIKE FOR BOTH PARTIES. The employer is likely to lose money due to delayed service to clients or to lost production time. The employees will lose their pay due to the no work, no pay principle. If the strikers are dismissed they will lose their livelihoods altogether.
Detailed explanation-2: -When workers embark on a strike it sends a ripple effect through the business. It causes service delivery delay. It also results in customers not being helped and financial strain to the business.
Detailed explanation-3: -There were 37, 000 strikes in America from 1881 to 1905. 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-4: -Strikes arise for a number of reasons, though principally in response to economic conditions (defined as an economic strike and meant to improve wages and benefits) or labour practices (intended to improve work conditions).