Translations for „craft union“ in the English » German Dictionary

ˈcraft un·ion N

craft union

Handwerkergewerkschaft f

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English

Even the newsboys unionized in 1892, followed by more organizing, mostly of craft unions.

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These craft unions refused to allow any encroachment upon their turf by the heretical industrial unionists.

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Yet the craft unions recognized that, at least in the short term, a policy of exclusion was more favorable to skilled workers.

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Many of the new unions formed during that period were committed to the socialist transformation of society and were critical of the conservatism of the craft unions.

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Industrial unions likewise do not normally assess prohibitive dues rates common with craft unions, which serve to keep out many workers.

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Enumerating labor's grievances, it criticized craft unions for creating a skilled aristocracy, and suggested one big industrial union embracing all industries and founded on the class struggle.

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But the attacks against labor that year convinced him that the craft unions were too weak when they went up against big business.

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Union organizing first arrived in the form of a skilled craft union.

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Craft unions tended to organize skilled workers, to the exclusion of the unskilled, further complicating the issue of class among working people.

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The rationale behind this policy position was the logical view that members would be better represented by a larger industry based union rather than the traditional craft unions.

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