![]() ![]() To Carnegie, workers were disposable, and steel output was the priority, so he hired Frick to dissolve the union. The workers believed they had a right to their jobs, and as a result it was their right to determine their wages (most earned less than $2.5 a day), working hours, and other factors that influence the workers' jobs the managers and Carnegie contrarily believed that it was up to the business owner to determine the value of these factors. Still, there was much contention between the workers and the managers over who should run the jobs. ![]() Workers and managers were on a more equal basis in that workers could collectively control some aspects of their jobs. In general, after the events at Homestead, labor unions in the steel industry were collapsing, revolutionizing the industrial workplace.īefore the Homestead Strike, labor unions could negotiate for better wages and working conditions. Carnegie Steel continually sought wage decreases, and working conditions did not become more safe, if not more unsafe than pre-Homestead conditions. The breaking of the union had wider ramifications other steel worker employers were less likely to negotiate with labor unions and would rather shut them down. The AA was entirely broken, never returning to its pre-Homestead power and status. The assassination attempt of Frick also vilified the union, undermining its social standing. After the battle with the Pinkertons and the strike, union workers finally surrendered to Frick, and the union was completely purged from Carnegie steel. ![]() As a result, Frick locked out union workers and fortified Homestead while refusing AA demands of higher wages and better working conditions.įrick believed that Homestead was not running at its maximum efficiency because of the union, and so he desired to break the union. However, when the union contract was due to expire June 30, 1892, Henry Clay Frick (who was placed in charge of Carnegie's steel company in 1881) refused to recognize the union and renew its charter. As one of the largest and most powerful labor unions of the late 19th century, the AA wielded significant political power among steel plants. Its membership nearly doubled since its last victory at Homestead in 1889, after which steel output was limited by the collective bargaining agreement. The Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers (AA) was on the rise in the recent years before July of 1892. ![]()
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