Disc: Corporations in the Industrial Era and Today
Employees Today and and in the Industrial Era.
"Corporate America" began with the Industrial Revolution which transformed Northern industrial cities. Factories brought tremendous profits and countless jobs. The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and child labor, however, revealed common dangers in corporate factories.
QUESTION: As you may know from your own career, corporations and a mixed record in employee relations. Did corporations treat employees fairly without government legislation in the Industrial Era? Explain using an example from the Industrial Era and from your own experience today?