Labor History
The 1st Industrial Revolution occurred during the mid 1800's. It was defined as the era of Industrial Capitalism. Economic life, in this period, began with very few wage-earning employment opportunities and had the majority of families involved in subsistence farm work. Along side these means for survival, existed few, independently owned craft shops, run by skilled, white artisans, journeymen and their apprentices. During this era, life went on to include large manufactories owned by capital seeking employers. Job opportunities were then created for many women and unskilled workers seeking wage-earning positions. However, with this economic development came the conflict between proud craft workers and capitalistic factory owners. Groups of skilled artisans protested by banding together to keep their heritage alive and strong, thus, the Craft Union was born. The expansion of a unionized society developed along side the growth of manufactories, and was known as Industrial unionization. As the industrial world grew, over the next 50 years, so too did the attitude of capitalistic employers. By the 1920's, employers and factory owners had the idea to better control production and monitor work, based on the theory of Scienti
In the early 1800's, life in Canada consisted of few wage-earning jobs, with the majority of families working together on their farms as means for survival. A small number of people, mostly men, worked as skilled craftsmen, building goods from scratch and selling them directly from their shops. Later in the 19th century, as the economy grew with great help from the development of railways, so did industrialization. With better ways to reach larger markets, some craftsmen and other entrepreneurs became determined to create manufactories. These artisans attempted to compete with other craftsmen and rid of their apprentices, replacing them with new technology, machinery. The introduction of manufactories meant more wage-earning positions for low or un-skilled laborers, the birth of new "skilled" machinist and the hiring of many women in clerical positions. This new development of labor expansion is known as the 1st Industrial Revolution. Machinery, instead of man, used to produce goods faster, and in larger quantities, existed more and more through out Canada and the United States. The extreme success of the invention of mass-production is apparent in the case of Henry Ford. The Ford Motor Company, founded in 1903, was the first assembly-line production plant, and Henry Ford was one of the first entrepreneurs to willingly employ black men and immigrants. His manufacturing techniques and management skills became known as "Fordism." Ford's competitors were forced to adopt the same methods, and the assembly line became a standard fixture of manufacturing operations. (www.findarticles.com/.) This augmentation of manufactories spurred protest that presented itself in groups of proud men, who held true to their craft. Thus, was the birth of craft unions; skilled white men who fought together to express the pride they displayed in their crafts, and to keep from losing their independency of work. Unionization united many, but instead of defeating industrialization they merely co-existed. If Craftsmen had been powerful enough to defeat the new machine driven labor force, society, as we know it today, would be drastically different. An example of a huge company, which exists today because of industrializatio
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