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The Everett Massacre: A Study Of The Industrial Workers Of The World, Arthur H. Belch
The Everett Massacre: A Study Of The Industrial Workers Of The World, Arthur H. Belch
Graduate Student Research Papers
The Everett Massacre serves not only as an example of harassment of organized labor but also as an example of the violence which typified the I. W.W. movement in its attempt to win concessions from an unwilling industry. In order to understand the historical significance of this event and to place it in perspective, it is necessary to understand the growth of the I. W.W. philosophy beginning with the Western Federation of Miners and the creation of the I. W.W. In addition, two incidents serve to illustrate the mental atmosphere in which the I. W.W. operated and public reaction to …
The Effect Of Labor Unions On Real Wages And Prices, Dan Gaske
The Effect Of Labor Unions On Real Wages And Prices, Dan Gaske
Honors Theses
In order to discuss the effect o unions, I feel we should first discuss the growth of unions; for at first they had very little power. Although there were unions of some sort or another existing in America since colonial days, it was late in the eighteenth century when they really began to have an influence. This influence began with the rise of the American Federation of Labor. "Led by Samuel Gompers and Adolph Strasser of the Cigarmaker's International Union, this group was composed primarily of representatives of the skilled trades.... These trades unionists felt that the mass movement of …