How successful was organized labor in improving the position of workers in the period from 1875 to 1900?
I believe that the outcome of organized labor did not help the position of workers. According to Source C, the political cartoon creates an allusion to the children's nursery tale about how a farmer cut open the goose that laid golden eggs to get eggs quicker. In the political cartoon, it appears as thought the laborer killed the goose. The laborer killed the goose because the Communist guy told him to by persuading him, saying ,"it will benefit you if you kill it." The labor unions, as communism continues to influence it, it will hurt big businesses and all the money will be gone and you can't get it back because it's dead just like the goose. According to Source D. It says that "100 men are able to do now what took 300 or 400 men to do fifteen years ago. This suggests that the amount of jobs available for men will decrease immensely because technology is becoming more efficient and you won't need as many men as you did before to get the job done. According to Source F, the political cartoon suggests when you mix the interests of certain individuals (anarchists, knights of labor, labor unions, and socialists) will cause complications and will spoil the overall labor interest, which brings less importance to the cause and causes conflicts within the workers and employers. All in all, the condition of organized labor did not improve the position of workers because it decreased the amount of jobs available, decreased the overall labor interest and are constantly being manipulated from communists to take actions that will ultimately harm them in the end.
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