Chapters on Machinery and Labor: IV. The Introduction of Machinery and Trade-Union Policy

Abstract

The conflicting interests of the trade union in the introduction of machinery, 209. — Trade-union policies, 210. — Opposition to machinery, 211. — Reduction in wage rates of hand-workers, 214. — Employment of hand-workers as machine operators, 218. — Reduction of inflow into the trade, 221. — Distribution of work, 224. — Conclusions, 227.