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What has the author Jorge Luis Chinea written?
Jorge Luis Chinea has written: 'Race and labor in the Hispanic Caribbean' -- subject(s): Alien labor, Blacks, Economic conditions, Ethnic relations, History, Immigrants, Race relations, Social conditions, West Indians
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.
What is true about organized labor?
Immigrants contributed greatly to organized labor. Organized labor contributes to price controls
What did immigrants give America a wonderful supply of?
Labor
What was the labor source in the Middle Colonies?
Immigrants and slaves
Who did the knights of labor help or hurt?
The knights of labor helped workers including blacks women and child workers
What national labor union included blacks and whites as its members?
Church
Did immigrants move south to provide cheap labor in the 1800s'?
no
Why did the Knights of Labor accept women?
Yes, they accepted women, blacks, skilled and unskilled laborers. The American Federation of Labor did not.
Country of Northern Africa that has a labor shortage and needs immigrants is?
Libya
After the industrial war many poor immigrants joined?
Labor Unions.
The union pacific railroad depended on immigrants from which country for labor?
Ireland
The majority of immigrants to Virginia had signed labor contracts called what?
indentures
What laws instituted in the south during reconstruction aimed at forcing blacks back into slave labor?
they did labor by forcing them or they'll kill them
Why did the central pacific hire Chinese immigrants?
Because they were cheap labor (it was closer to indentured servitude than wage-labor)
Who provided much of the labor constructing the railroads throughout the West?
Chinese immigrants
In the late 19th century the major argument used by labor union leaders against immigrants was that immigrants?
took jobs from us citizens
Why did new californians who were northerners exclude all blacks in the state constitution?
Northerners did not want to compete for gold with slaveholders using slave labor or with free blacks.
Slave labor vs free labor?
Slave labor is obviously done for and by slaves in the eighteenth century to do work in order to make a living. As for free labor, is done by a freeman, it can be considered as free blacks to do work or labor, but they have to be free. -Darc Lay
Do Arizona labor laws allowing the hiring of illegal immigrants?
Federal and state labor laws do not concern immigration. Illegals immigrants are not eligible for employment and matters involving illegals are to be handled by INS. This is how it works on paper, not how it works in reality.
Who was used for labor on the plantations in America?
Blacks were enslaved and forced to work on the plantations for little or no money.
What two peoples did the European settlers use as cheap labor in America?
Blacks and Native Americans
Immigrants who recieved passage to America in exchange for a fixed term of labor?
Indentured Servant
Who are immigrants who received passage to America in exchange for a fixed term of labor?
indentured servants
Immigrants who received passage to America in exchange for a fixed term of labor?
Indentured Servant
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