Address to Trades' Unions: Issued by the Council of the Socialist League (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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Against the iron rapacity of the capitalist, now com pletely equipped, labour opposed its organisation, opposed it in the teeth of overwhelming legal obstacles, and to some extent successfully. Trades'-unions became a power. But their power was mainly limited to this country, the source and centre of the economic movement. Distinctions now arose within the capitalist class itself. The factory lord took the place of the old working capitalist, who was either driven into the ranks of the proletariat, or became a middle-man or overseer. The hosts of displaced skilled workmen and small capitalists who thronged the labour market helped to form a reserve army of labour which was continually forcing down the price of labour by means of competition.
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Against the iron rapacity of the capitalist, now com pletely equipped, labour opposed its organisation, opposed it in the teeth of overwhelming legal obstacles, and to some extent successfully. Trades'-unions became a power. But their power was mainly limited to this country, the source and centre of the economic movement. Distinctions now arose within the capitalist class itself. The factory lord took the place of the old working capitalist, who was either driven into the ranks of the proletariat, or became a middle-man or overseer. The hosts of displaced skilled workmen and small capitalists who thronged the labour market helped to form a reserve army of labour which was continually forcing down the price of labour by means of competition.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Excerpt from Address to Trades' Unions: Issued by the Council of the Socialist League
Whence, then, the cause of the original success of the union movement, and of its subsequent failure to make good its promises? We answer, the original achievements of the unions were entirely due to the fact that British capitalists had the fresh run of the foreign markets, and that the British labour displaced in the production of commodities was, to a large. Extent, employed in making machinery, not alone for home use, but also for exportation. But foreign com petition has entirely changed the face of things. There are two well-marked stages in the development of foreign com petition. In the first stage, whilst trade was brisk and wages high, the foreign labour displaced by cheap British goods was utilised in this country to keep down the price of 'labour. The second stage, which dates from the general introduction of machinery on the Continent and in America, is character ised by universal competition for markets, a competition which has become keener year by year. As a necessary result of the scramble, over-production takes place all round, the recurrent commercial crises are more frequent and more prolonged the earthly heaven of the middle-class world threatens to become realised in a never-ending crisis, were that possible. An enormous increase in surplus labour, owing to the ih tensified competition, is the necessary result. To stem this competition trades' unions have shown themselves less and less capable; the pressure increases in spite of them. And, be it remembered, the success of unionism lies in its ability to limit competition. 80 long as trades'. Unions can effect this they are successful. Their failure to effect it pro claims their rapid decline.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Whence, then, the cause of the original success of the union movement, and of its subsequent failure to make good its promises? We answer, the original achievements of the unions were entirely due to the fact that British capitalists had the fresh run of the foreign markets, and that the British labour displaced in the production of commodities was, to a large. Extent, employed in making machinery, not alone for home use, but also for exportation. But foreign com petition has entirely changed the face of things. There are two well-marked stages in the development of foreign com petition. In the first stage, whilst trade was brisk and wages high, the foreign labour displaced by cheap British goods was utilised in this country to keep down the price of 'labour. The second stage, which dates from the general introduction of machinery on the Continent and in America, is character ised by universal competition for markets, a competition which has become keener year by year. As a necessary result of the scramble, over-production takes place all round, the recurrent commercial crises are more frequent and more prolonged the earthly heaven of the middle-class world threatens to become realised in a never-ending crisis, were that possible. An enormous increase in surplus labour, owing to the ih tensified competition, is the necessary result. To stem this competition trades' unions have shown themselves less and less capable; the pressure increases in spite of them. And, be it remembered, the success of unionism lies in its ability to limit competition. 80 long as trades'. Unions can effect this they are successful. Their failure to effect it pro claims their rapid decline.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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- VerlagForgotten Books
- Erscheinungsdatum2018
- ISBN 10 1334447357
- ISBN 13 9781334447358
- EinbandTapa blanda
- Anzahl der Seiten22
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