Labor+unions

Units 7 & 8

Labor unions first began to rise during the Industrial Revolution as factory workers sought ways to protect each other and represent themselves. It began as simple organizations to provide a sort of insurance or aid for workers if they became ill, injured, unemployed, etc. The unions then began to grow and form a collective organization with the power to bring about positive reform by exerting their large numbers and the fact that they //were// the workforce.

Source: http://student.britannica.com/comptons/article-202620/Industrial-Revolution

Created by: Dirk Gadsden (February 12, 2009) Edited by Hampton Webb 2/12/09