when a company has complete control over a product/service mechanized reaper / steel plow / barbed wire / windmills work stoppage intended to force an employer to respond to worker demands united country, built by central pacific and union pacific, met at promontory point, utah banking/finance robber baron oil robber baron arrangement of equipment and workers so work passes in a direct line until product is complete association of workers who joined together to protect worker welfare encouraging people to not buy/use a company product until the company gives in to worker deamdns locking workers out of the factory until they agree to give in to management's demands had >1000 patents (including the light bulb) invented telephone first union established, 1869, originally a secret fraternal order steel robber baron railroad strike over cuts in workers' wages strike over wage cuts/layoffs that led to the fed gov being called in to stop the strike 12 hour days for 6-7 days per week, unsafe, dirty, low wages, children working 1890 law that attempted to prevent creation of monopolies larger pools of capital, wider geographic span, broader range of operations, revised role of ownership, new management methods federation of different unions, began in 1886 economy does better without government interference discussions held between workers and employers over working conditions book by carnegie arguing that wealthy have an obligation to give back to society attempt for fed gov to be able to supervise, regulate railroad companie when a company has complete control over a product/service mechanized reaper / steel plow / barbed wire / windmills work stoppage intended to force an employer to respond to worker demands united country, built by central pacific and union pacific, met at promontory point, utah banking/finance robber baron oil robber baron arrangement of equipment and workers so work passes in a direct line until product is complete association of workers who joined together to protect worker welfare encouraging people to not buy/use a company product until the company gives in to worker deamdns locking workers out of the factory until they agree to give in to management's demands had >1000 patents (including the light bulb) invented telephone first union established, 1869, originally a secret fraternal order steel robber baron railroad strike over cuts in workers' wages strike over wage cuts/layoffs that led to the fed gov being called in to stop the strike 12 hour days for 6-7 days per week, unsafe, dirty, low wages, children working 1890 law that attempted to prevent creation of monopolies larger pools of capital, wider geographic span, broader range of operations, revised role of ownership, new management methods federation of different unions, began in 1886 economy does better without government interference discussions held between workers and employers over working conditions book by carnegie arguing that wealthy have an obligation to give back to society attempt for fed gov to be able to supervise, regulate railroad companie
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when a company has complete control over a product/service
mechanized reaper / steel plow / barbed wire / windmills
work stoppage intended to force an employer to respond to worker demands
united country, built by central pacific and union pacific, met at promontory point, utah
banking/finance robber baron
oil robber baron
arrangement of equipment and workers so work passes in a direct line until product is complete
association of workers who joined together to protect worker welfare
encouraging people to not buy/use a company product until the company gives in to worker deamdns
locking workers out of the factory until they agree to give in to management's demands
had >1000 patents (including the light bulb)
invented telephone
first union established, 1869, originally a secret fraternal order
steel robber baron
railroad strike over cuts in workers' wages
strike over wage cuts/layoffs that led to the fed gov being called in to stop the strike
12 hour days for 6-7 days per week, unsafe, dirty, low wages, children working
1890 law that attempted to prevent creation of monopolies
larger pools of capital, wider geographic span, broader range of operations, revised role of ownership, new management methods
federation of different unions, began in 1886
economy does better without government interference
discussions held between workers and employers over working conditions
book by carnegie arguing that wealthy have an obligation to give back to society
attempt for fed gov to be able to supervise, regulate railroad companie
