why trade union increase
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- Created on: 02-11-20 18:40
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- why did unionism increase?
- factory system
- lost direct communication between employer + employee (them against us)
- free trade mentality - employer decides wages + working conditions
- conflicting values - employer = profit, employee = wages
- improved working conditions encouraged + allowed trade unions
- lost direct communication between employer + employee (them against us)
- laissez faire government
- combination act 1799 (stopping trade unions) repealed
- employers had more power to exploit so encouraged unions
- population growth
- from 6 million to 17 million
- workers couldn't choose conditions or strike because easily replaced
- war with France 1793
- increased unions because economic discontent
- rising food prices made cost of living greater so needed wages to increase
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- factory system
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