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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 ID: 565226

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Slide1

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 strikeSlide9
Slide10

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