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    This document contains 3 questions about labor history assignments. The questions ask the student to analyze factors that contributed to the success or failure of strikes, particularly the Shirtwaist Makers strike. They are asked to examine how the narrator's thinking changed in Diary of a Shirtwaist Striker regarding her co-workers, family, and employer. Additionally, the questions explore the conditions that made winning strikes difficult for workers and if there were alternative options to striking.

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    This document contains 3 questions about labor history assignments. The questions ask the student to analyze factors that contributed to the success or failure of strikes, particularly the Shirtwaist Makers strike. They are asked to examine how the narrator's thinking changed in Diary of a Shirtwaist Striker regarding her co-workers, family, and employer. Additionally, the questions explore the conditions that made winning strikes difficult for workers and if there were alternative options to striking.

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    L104 Introduction to the Study of Labor History

    Assignment II

    1. Thinking again about the strikes, particularly the Shirtwaist Makers, what
    factors contributed to the success or failure of the workers actions? Were the
    workers united? If not, what factors divided them?
    2. The narrator in Diary of a Shirtwaist Striker undergoes changes in here
    thinking about the strike and conditions in general. How did her thinking
    change: toward her co-workers? Toward her father and boyfriend? Toward her
    employer?
    3. Thinking particularly about the lecture notes, what were the conditions that
    made winning strikes so difficult for workers? Were there better alternatives
    than going on strike?

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