ECONOMIC TURMOIL:

THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CAPITAL AND LABOR

I.   Introduction:  Capital vs. Labor

A.  The Durst Ranch, 1913
B.  Lecture Overview

II.  National Trends

A.  An Industrial Revolution
B.  Results:  An Industrial Society

III.  Capital in California

A.  The Rise of Agribusiness
        1.  Wheat Bonanza
        2.  Citrus Industry and Other Products
        3.  Grower Cooperatives
B.  New Industries in Manufacturing
C.  Banking
        1.  Constitution of 1849
        2.  Reform in the 1860s

IV.  Labor and Conflict

A.  Unionization in California
        1.  Different Strategies/Goals
        2.  Simple Unionism
B.  The Battle for the "Closed Shop" in San Francisco
        1.  Working conditions
        2.  Organizing efforts
C.   The Battle for the "Open Shop" in Los Angeles
        1.  Harrison Gray Otis
        2.  1890 Los Angeles Times Printers' Union Lockout
        3.  Organizing Business Against Labor
        4.  Metal Trades Strike, June 1910
D.  Farm Workers
        1.  The Need for Organization
        2.  Established Unions Uninterested
E.. Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
        1.  Strategies and Goals
        2.  Free Speech Rights
3.  The Wheatland Riot