Posted by bruster on June 12, 2009 at 04:57:46 from (65.185.79.186):
In Reply to: Unions posted by trucker40 on June 11, 2009 at 21:59:05:
Child labor laws were a good thing to happen, but families were for the most part larger. Grampa was 14 when he went to work in the steel mill, and was the 2nd of 7 siblings. Grama was 12 working as a cook for a wealthy family in town, helping support the family. (9 other siblings) Immigrant families were closely nit, and most of the time it was a matter of helping the family to survive economically.
Unions were great for setting the rules of fairness when the were formed, but like all things the power they gained was abused. The unions SHOULD have been stricter in their own ranks to police the freeloaders and dead weight.
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