American and Europe Labor-final

1) History of American labor movement

1) Influence on American labor movement

2) Recent developments in European labor movement

1) Recent developments in American labor movement

Trade unionism can actually be traced back to the Norman Conquest in Europe. However, in that era trade unions existed as merchant guilds which evolved because of the growth of cities and trade. The guilds would travel from one market to another, banding together in groups for safety and electing a leader. There were rules and duties among members of a caravan of merchants, and, over time, the band of merchants would gain control of a town or industry often with the permission of a feudal lord. While modern trade unionism did not technically begin until the rise of capitalism, these loose bands of merchants represent the primitive origins of trade unionism, “Any comprehensive survey of Austrian labor history would have to trace back to the fifteenth century when journeymen began to organize in guilds so as to be no longer at the mercy of the master craftsmen. The journeymen guilds,

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labor movement who were more interested in labor reform than trade unionism. This mentality saw the birth of labor reform movements like the National Labor Union and the Knights of Labor. These reform elements promoted cooperation and inclusion of all producers in comparison to the interests of trade unions, which did not appeal to such broad interests and focused more on higher wages. Experts of the labor movement in American contend that while their focus was different, the two factions combined helped fuel the organized labor movement in America, “Trade unionism tended to the workers’ immediate needs, labor reform to their higher hopes. The two were held to be strands of a single movement, rooted in a common working-class constituency and to some degree sharing a common leadership. But equally important, they were strands that had to be kept operationally separate and functionally distinct” (Reader’s 2). As the factions grew more disparate, the Knights of Labor pursued interests the trade unions felt were the concerns of their authority. When the Knights of Labor refused to make concessions to trade unions, the unions formed the American Federation of Labor (AFL) under the Marxist influence of Samuel Gompers. The AFL
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