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The only thing more surprising than H.K. Craig's apparent ignorance about the employee unrest, was the revelation that those same employees could be easily replaced (as Kelly pointed out above) just like the machinery. In both of these writings exhibit a desperate struggle to defend their positions as the newly-created middle management. With the new division of labor, came the need to manage that labor. And as these letters show, these managers immediately began defending the system that gives them their standing. -Sean B. | The only thing more surprising than H.K. Craig's apparent ignorance about the employee unrest, was the revelation that those same employees could be easily replaced (as Kelly pointed out above) just like the machinery. In both of these writings exhibit a desperate struggle to defend their positions as the newly-created middle management. With the new division of labor, came the need to manage that labor. And as these letters show, these managers immediately began defending the system that gives them their standing. -Sean B. | ||
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| + | I disagree with all of you. I think the workers were taking advantage of the system and were not doing their part. The workers were used to the master craftsman system where they were able to work more haphazardly. In the new machine system they could not take large breaks because if one part of the system slows down, it slows the entire process. I think the management was completely correct in their estimation. -Brian Brown | ||
== Frederick Douglass, Beaten in Baltimore == | == Frederick Douglass, Beaten in Baltimore == | ||
