History of Trade Unions and Industrial Revolutions
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Trade unions:
It's a labour institution whose main aim is to unite workers to tackle injustices at work or in communities in order to get higher pay, more jobs, better and safer working conditions or promote more equality
1st Industrial revolution:
1780-1850, Energy sources: Steam, Coal Machines: Steam engine, spinning mule railway Basic industries: Textiles, Iron Transportation: Train Market: International, Europe Workforce: Factory work (artisan), unorganised workers Spread: England
2nd Industrial revolution:
1850-1945, Energy sources: Electricity, Petrol Machines: Combustion engine, automobile Basic industries: Electricity, Chemicals, Steel, Electric tools, Transportation: Steamship, Automobile, Aeroplane Market: World, Colonial Workforce: Factory work qualified, Organised proletariats Spread: Germany, United States of America, Japan and other European countries
Industrialisation in Basque Country:
The Industrial Revolution was slow in developing, and began in the middle of the 19th century in Biscay, at the end of the 19th in Gipuzkoa and in the middle of the 20th in Araba and Navarre.