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Birth of Unions and Unionism
What
were
working
conditions
like
in the
late
1800s? Good?
Who
was
part of the
working
class
?
Men?
Women
?
Children
?
Where
could
we
find
poor
working
conditions?
What
examples
of
poor
working
conditions
could
we
find
?Slide2
Birth of Unions and Unionism
Do you think workers tried to get better working conditions for themselves?
YES!!! How?
Unions
Unionism
Union =
workers
stand
together
to gain
proper
working
conditionsSlide3
Birth of Unions and Unionism
The first real unions for
workers
appeared
in the 1820s (artisans):
tailors
et printers.
Agricultural unions in the mid 1800s
1881
:
Knights
of
labor
Union
American Union
that
shows up in
Quebec
.
Popular
for the
workers
but the
church
was
against
this
union
.Slide4
Knights of Labour-Hamilton 1880sSlide5
Birth of Unions and Unionism
1886
:
Workers
form
a
proper
union:
C.M.T.C. (congres des métiers et du travail du Canada)Slide6
Birth of Unions and Unionism
Demands
of the union
:
Job security
Salary
Shorten the number of hours in a work day
Recognize the union
Protection for workers if there is a workplace accident (paid if hurt)Slide7
Birth of Unions and Unionism
Worker
Strikes
:
Between
1850-1896
there
were
more
than 160 official strikes
A lot of
strikes
were
repressed
by
factory
owners
,
government
like
the Beauharnois
strike
(
workers
digging
a canal)
20 dead workers and 40 wounded workers from the strikeSlide8
Port of Montreal workers on strikeSlide9Slide10
Birth of Unions and Unionism
New
Legislations
(
laws
)
:
In
1872, the
government
of MacDonald declares that
unions ARE NOT ILLEGAL
In
1885,
first law to benefit workers (in factories especially)
Work week hours dropped to 60 hours a week for women
Work week hours dropped to
72.5
hours a week for
menSlide11
Birth of Unions and Unionism
Minimal
age
for
children
to
work
:
Boys
12
years old and girls
14
years
old
Permission from at least one parent in order for a child to work
1886-1889 Macdonald
starts a commission to investigate relationships between workers and companies