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  • How Successful Was Organized Labor in Improving the Position of Workers in the Period form 1875 to 1900?

     

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Published: 05.01.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
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Late 19th century America was a time of both prosperity and poverty. Although it is often remembered by the luxurious lives of those like the Rockefellers and Carnagies, the majority of the population was a struggling working class. Entire families worked for 10 hours a day, 7 days a week in dangerous, unsanitary factories just to have enough money for dinner and the issue of upgrading these working conditions quickly came to the forefront of American reforms. The movement towards organized labor from 1875-1900 was unsuccessful in improving the position of workers because of the initial failure of strikes, the inherent feeling of superiority of employers over employees and the lack of governmental support.
Since there was no groundwork to rationalize and show examples of the success of organized labor, it was nearly impossible to make it work at this time. …

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