Statistics about the United States labor force can be obtained from the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics at http://www.bls.gov/bls/employment.htm
Plantations needed many workers, including indentured servants, to cultivate labor-intensive crops like tobacco, sugar, and cotton. The demand for these crops led to the need for a large and cheap labor force to maximize profit for plantation owners. Indentured servants provided a source of labor that was more affordable than other forms of labor at the time.
Their labor was sold by their government.
Their labor was sold by their government.
UNIONS
left the Knights of Labor and joined the American Federation of Labor.
Interchangeable parts meant that you could have many inexperienced workers each making a part of the whole machine.
Interchangeable parts meant that you could have many inexperienced workers each making a part of the whole machine.
Perhaps the most socialist of the labor unions is the Industrial Workers of the World, the IWW.
Because it caused conflicts between management and the workers.
Because it caused conflicts between management and the workers.
Dennis Kearney
the Knights of Labor