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This quote from the article seems to say the opposite: "By the 1920s the need for company towns had declined significantly due to increased national affluence.
by bmmayer1 10y ago
This quote from the article seems to say the opposite:
"By the 1920s the need for company towns had declined significantly due to increased national affluence. Despite income inequalities and a relatively low standard of living conditions amongst factory labourers, the prosperity of the 1920s saw workers’ material well-being improve significantly."
So, company towns were so exploitative, workers wealthed up before long and made them obsolete?
- Kliment 10y agoNo, but other opportunities emerged, and people moved away from company towns.
- ubernostrum 10y agoIn many places the company systems were broken, finally, by the rise of labor unions. Sometimes relatively peacefully, sometimes not; there was open warfare between workers and company-hired armies (yes, armies) in quite a few locations.