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they had opposed the Mexican immigrants because they did not know any English. the Americans had no way to communicate with them.
Nope. Unions did not care whether workers spoke only a foreign language. If that was a problem, it was a prob for the EMPLOYER>
Unions oppose immigrants because they increase the supply of labor and lower the cost of labor. More competition for each available job. And if unions strike, replacement is easier.
all those answers r dumb especially the one above mine its because the believed that immigrants took jobs from native-born americans
What else can I help you with?
Why did labor unions oppose immigrants in the 1880's?
Immigrants in the 1880's did not oppose their low wages. The central job of a union is to limit the supply of labor from which employers are allowed to hire. Immigrants raised the supply and thus lowered the cost of labor.
Why did some labor union oppose immigration?
Some labor unions opposed immigration because their members believed immigrants would take jobs away from native-born americans.
Which do labor unions most strongly oppose?
strikebreakers
What do labor unions most strongly oppose?
strikebreakers
What working conditions did labor unions oppose?
Poor,hazardous and overbearing.
After the industrial war many poor immigrants joined?
Labor Unions.
Why did labor unions see the arrival of the Irish immigrants as a threat?
There were no legal unions in the 1840's when the Irish diaspora started. US workers saw that new English speaking immigrants desperate for work were a bigger competition for jobs than were non-English speakers.
What labor unions exist today?
the three unions were to help immigrants to get longer work hours, and better pay. their names were the civil union- the sate union and the - york union
What did labor unions opposed to immigration argue that most immigrants would do?
They argued that most immigrants would work for low wages, which would take the jobs from them.
Did Andrew Carnegie oppose or support labor unions?
He supported them in other industries, but crushed them in his steel industry ex. the Homestead Strike
Why did many labor unions oppose immigrations?
Labor unions oppose immigration because it causes "brain drain" which may have adverse effects on the economy of a country. While most of the talented individuals left their countries for attractive salary offers overseas, their homeland suffers from employing the less-specialized individuals resulting in a substandard output.
How were the knights of labor different from most of the other unions?
the Knights of Labor became a national labor organization in the 1880's. Unlike most union's Knights recruited people who had been kept out of trade unions including women, African Americans, immigrants, and unskilled laborers.
