The Molly Maguires only helped the perception that unions were full of a bunch of "radicals" and "anarchists. The extreme tactics could have made the population dislike the idea of unionizing.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Molly Maguires
The Molly Maguires were a Militant group that came from an Irish Fraternal society that fought with the same purpose as labor unions (but much more violent). The Molly Maguires sometimes used terrorist tactics to intimidate the employers into giving the laborers more reasonable wages and working conditions.
The Molly Maguires only helped the perception that unions were full of a bunch of "radicals" and "anarchists. The extreme tactics could have made the population dislike the idea of unionizing.
The Molly Maguires only helped the perception that unions were full of a bunch of "radicals" and "anarchists. The extreme tactics could have made the population dislike the idea of unionizing.
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