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Africa Key Trends Emergent Issues amp Underlying and Structural Problems Margareet Visser Institute of Development and Labour Law University of Cape Town and Dr Stuart Ferrer . Content Statement 10 & 11. Workers Organize. Mr. Leasure. 2014 – 2015. Harrison Career Center. Why were workers discontented with working conditions in the late 1800s?. Key Question #1. …discontented . INDUSTRIALIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS. Industrialization improved firearms, which became more accurate and faster loading.. Winchester, and Krupp and . Mauser. , invented repeating rifles.. Recoil cylinder made field artillery more accurate and “rapid-fire.”. www.educationforum.co.uk. . Life Chances and Culture. Low wages, less job security, harsher conditions, less autonomy, poorer life chances, lower life expectancy.. Some sociologists e.g. Lockwood suggest that such an experience creates a distinctive working class sub culture (norms + values) in opposition to societal norms and values. Introduction to Migratory Farm Labor. Migrant farm laborers are people who travel to a location where there is a job available. After the work is finished (usually a planting/harvest season), the migrant farm laborer returns to their home. (This is usually a different country).. Sweatshops.. In Australia, there are 300,000 people making clothes for our major retailers, designers and. suppliers of school uniforms, who work for between $2 and $3 an hour.. They have no or minimal entitlements (holidays, sick leave etc), work in conditions that risk their. Problems that the urban factory worker faced. Piecework. - pay based on how much you produce. 10-12 hour work day. Poor air/ventilation/poor lighting. Low wages/competition from labor surplus. Capitalist/anti-worker sentiment in early US history. You are to read through the following slides. Take any notes in your work book and summarise each pages notes in 1 to 2 easy to remember sentences. Concentrate on the main issues on each page. Answer the questions and research questions as you come across them.. L/O – To assess whether the Five-Year Plans improved living standards. Living conditions in the cities. In the 1930s, the . central planning system . did not. . improve the standard of living of the very citizens for whom the plans were designed.. State Standards 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.7, 6.8, . 6.9, and . 6.12. Industrial Revolution. Civil War’s Impact. Aspects of the Civil War’s modern warfare led to the growth of industrialism in the United States. change 1855-1964. Learning Outcomes. By the end of this lesson you will be able to…. Describe Urban and Rural changes E-D. Explain the key differences C-B. Judge how far conditions improved A-A. *. Migrant Workers. Employers viewed Mexican workers as desirable because they did not demand higher wages, and they were seen by managers as being satisfied with the conditions they worked under – even when the conditions were very undesirable. . LO: To apply knowledge of employment and living standards in Germany to question 3d.. LO: To apply knowledge of employment and living standards in Germany to question 3d.. Task 1:. Think – Pair - Share. 704-577-3480 or Susan Alan supportflocnfwmorgFarm Workers Need You To Visit Your Local Circle KThe VUSE CampaignAs part of their VUSE boycott FLOC Farm Labor Organizing Committee is conducting a surve movement. The notion of “worker” in the context of low-wage and low-hour . employment. Estrella . Durá. . Ferrandis. MEP S&D. European Parliament. The. . Right. to Free . Movement. in EU.