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Unionism and Cooperation 2 Flashcards

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What were the Sheffield Outrages and when did they occur?

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A series of violent actions in 1866 undertaken by the Saw Grinders Union to stop employers undercutting their work

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Why did Britain’s position as ‘the workshop of the world’ create the conditions for an expansion in New Model Unionism?

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Growth of technical industries that needed skilled labour coupled with ‘victorian values’ of respectability and less violent action gave ASE and ASCJ more leverage with government and the public.

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Why did the Liberal Party support the New Model Unions?

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Because they could tap into their large support base for their own ends/political power.

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Why was New Model Unionism not a success for working-class unity?

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Because it divided skilled and unskilled workers.

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Which organisation was founded in 1868 to act as a central body for trades unions in Britain?

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Trades Union Congress

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Where was Robert Owen’s model factory?

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New Lanark, Scotland

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What did Robert Owen use for the first time in 1794?

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Sea Island Cotton

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What famous ‘ism’ did Owen first use to describe his belief system?

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Utopian Socialism

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Who visited Owen’s model town in 1816?

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(future) Nicholas I of Russia

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Name 3 practical steps Owen took to improve the lives of his workers?

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education, reduced hours of work, cooperative shop, housing, temperance, fines, infant school, expanded curriculum, productivity features, no punishments.

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What act of parliament did Owen contribute to?

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1819 Factory Act

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What did Owen set up at Gray’s Inn Road, London for the benefit of workers?

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A labour exchange

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What did the London Co-operative Society, started by Owen in 1824 aim to do?

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Sold goods at fair prices and shared profits with members.

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What % of the population was in a Friendly Society by 1803?

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8%

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How did friendly societies mirror social attitudes by the mid 1800s?

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Victorian ‘self-help’ ideas

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Where is Robert Owen from?

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Wales

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What did Robert Owen do at 19?

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Manager of his first spinning mill

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What did Robert Owen do in 1794?

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Set up his own factory and used American sea island cotton

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What did Owen produce with his ideas?

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A new view of society

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How many habitants were at New Lanark and how many were young children from poorhouses?

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2000 inhabitants, 500 young children

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What did Owen improve and encourage?

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Improved housing and encourage clean habits

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What did Owen open in 1816?

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First infant school in GB which emphasised character development

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What did Owen reduce and do to improve the factories?

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. Reduced the working hours
. Made the factories light and airy
. Built new cottages, parks and gardens
. Introduced a diver curriculum
. Introduced a scheme which gave workers goods at a cost price

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What did Owen set up and what did it do?

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A ‘labour exchange’ in Gary’s Inn Road London for the benefit of workers

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What society did Owen set up and when?
1824 - London Co-operative society - sold goods at reasonable prices and gave profits back to all who bought goods there
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Where did Owen go in 1824 and what did he do?
USA to set up an experimental co-operative village at New Harmony in Indiana
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What union did Owen set up in 1834?
Grand National Consolidated Trades Union
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Mutualism
Idea that well being is dependant upon people offering mutual support rather than seeking to gain advantage by competing against each other
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Cooperative movement
Organisation whose primary aim is to promote the welfare of its members by working together
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Dividend
A proportion of the profit generated by a company paid to those who have a financial interest in that company
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Cooperative economics
Field of study which relates social equality principles implicitly within co-operation thinking to economic practices
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Friendly society
Organisation of members who come together to provide benefits and assistance to each other in the form of sick pay, saving schemes, pensions
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Friendly societies act date and what did it do?
1793 - regulated the activities of the emerging groups to keep abreast ant potential threat to an outbreak of war - more transparency
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Why was the friendly society act good for workers?
They rapidly grew, legal recognition and legal fund protection, workers could form own organisation for mutual benefits
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By 1803 what % of England’s population were members of friendly societies?
8%
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By 1815 what fraction of the population could receive insurance cover from friendly societies?
1/3
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How were the poorest workers excluded from friendly societies?
Regular demand for money
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What happened if someone fell behind on their subscriptions for a friendly society?
Expelled from the society
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Why did friendly societies rapidly grow?
Due to industrialisation
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Benefits of joining a friendly society?
. Protection against change . Hospitality would be extended to members by other societies in the area . Undertake union activities including collecting strike funds
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Friendly society ratio to trade unions by 1870
Friendly societies more popular at 4 to 1
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New friendly societies act
Protect the funds as a counter balance to the growing threat of trade unions
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Why did people join friendly societies?
. Support . Like minded people . Welfare . Sick pay . Mutual benefit
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How many cooperative shops were there by 1832?
500
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Cooperative shops
Shops that shared their profits with their customers in the form of dividends. Profits back to the people. Food at market price.
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Labour exchange
A ‘shop’ where people could exchange goods they had produced for credit notes to the value of how money hours it took to make that product
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Give 2 examples of a labour exchange and dates
. London 1832 . Birmingham 1833
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Cooperative community
A community where workers would jointly own the means of production, would produce the goods, fix the prices according to the relative quantity of labour in each product
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Negatives of a co-op
. Required an upfront payment . Workers only benefitted if they spent money there . Loss of independence
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Benefits of co-op
Access to cheaper products and profits were given back to them
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Negatives of Labour Exchange shop
. Shop choice limited . Token not as protected as money . Not always accurate - overestimated how long they worked
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Positives of Labour Exchange shop
. No tax paid . Hard work rewarded
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Co-op community positives
More powerful
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Co-op community negatives
. Don’t control your money . Loss of independence . Only buy community products
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Friendly society positives
. Give assurance . Provide a safety net to workers . More respectable by employers
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Friendly society negatives
. Lack of incentive to work . No benefit for long term membership . No benefits when subscription not paid which is when you need benefit the most
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Aims of the Rochdale Pioneers
Raising workmen from the fear of pauperism, danger of crime, ill paid labour or uncertain employment
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What did the Rochdale pioneers want to show the world?
The working class are able and determined to follow the advice of Robert Peel and manage their own affairs
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Why was it difficult for co-operative shops to exist in a capitalist economy?
. Traditional business was opposed to the new shops . Lack of business acumen . Excessive rent by greedy suspicious landlords . Difficult to get goods at a reasonable price
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What type of approach did the Rochdale pioneers adopt?
Professional approach to their business idea
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Give examples of the Rochdale’s professional approach
. Full weights of measures . No credit to customers . Market value prices adhered to . Profits divided on pro rata basis
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How were co-operative shops a step forwards?
. Women could become members . ‘One member one vote’ . % of profit on education . Management in elected leaders hands
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What did the Rochdale pioneers place an emphasis on?
Principal of democracy to manage and grow their business
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What was the curriculum like at Owen’s infant school?
Diverse
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Robert Owen and Rochdale Pioneers similarities
. Education . Gave back to community . Fair price . Elements of capitalism - subscription fees
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When did the co-operative society begin?
1848
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Why did the co-operative society begin?
Reaction to the failure of the Truck Acts
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What were the Truck Acts?
An attempt by the Whig government to control the practice of paying workers in anything other than money
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How did the Rochdale pioneers open a shop in 1844?
7 Rochdale weavers pooled their savings
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What happened with the shop in 1850?
Idea of the shop was so popular that there were 100 such shops successfully operating
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What did all the shops started by the Rochdale pioneers do in 1863?
Joined to form the co-operative wholesale society
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What did the co-operative wholesale society have by 1873?
It’s own factories
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What did the co-operative wholesale society have by 1900?
Over 2,000,000 members
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What where the 1840s like economically?
Economically depressed
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How many co-operative shops were trading by 1863?
332
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How many co-operative shops were created after reading about the Pioneers shop in Rochdale
251
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In 1856 what did a fellow co-operative society ask Rochdale?
To provide a wholesale service to supply services across the region
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What id the Rochdale shop do after it was asked to supply services across the region?
Expand its business to accommodate this request and it set up a co-operative of co-operative societies
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What could the co-operative wholesale society establish by 1868?
Overseas trading as far as Australia and South America
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Similarities between unionism and co-operation (5 points)
. Membership fee . Benefits members . High membership . Makes working lives better . Different union/co-ops around the country
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Differences between unionism and co-operation (6 points)
. Co-op shops shared profits with customers . Unions gave job security negotiating better pay and hours . Combination acts targeted unions . Co-op more democratic - women vote . Union cheaper . Co-op more respectable
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Why were trade unions unsuccessful in the short term?
. Lack of funds . Lack of organisation . Lack of responsibility
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What happened to co-operative society growth?
Plateaued unlike trade unions which grew following new model unionism
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Achievements for working men and women by 1875?
. Self help . Women did not have the vote . Some WC men had vote . ASE . Secret ballot . Trade unions . Co-operatives . 1832 + 1867 reform bill . Factory acts . Public health acts
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When was there no property qualifications to become an MP?
1858
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When were railways invented?
1829
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How much was given to the Board of Workers in 1858 and why?
£3,000,000 to create a sewage system in London

A-Level History: Britain 1785-1870 (19 decks)

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