Grace American History 2

Labor Unions                     Labor Unions are organized groups of worker that have come to together to protect their rights. During the late 1700's, workers began to form into labor unions so that they could collectively bargain with their employers.These unions fought for rights like better wages, reasonable hours, and safer working conditions. The labor movement led efforts to end child labor, give health benefits and provide aid to injured and or retired workers. Labor unions are utilized to this day for a wide variety of professions,  from construction workers to doctors.  Working conditions: -12-16 hour shifts -6 days a week -very dangerous conditions -if you were injured or sick you lost your job Child labor: -often times, factory workers hired children -children were hired because they were smaller and cheaper Craft Union: -highly skilled craftsmen Trade Union: -unskilled worke...

     I believe that the past does affect the present. Past events effect how we deal with things today as Americans. Everything that has happened in the past can try to be avoided because we learn from most of the mistakes we make. If some things were altered from the past then our present would be very different.           Advances in technology is also an example on how the past affects the present. We have advanced a lot through technology since the invention of the lightbulb by Thomas Edison. We have made advances in industrial machines, weapons, and air traffic control. This shows how the past affects the present because many events were in different time periods with different technological advancements. When there is worse technology there is a lot more problems with health issues which causes more people to die then when we have more advanced technology. So therefore, when we had historical events in the 1800's they were a lot different ...