What would be your argument to ask or demand a higher wage, particularly if you are a nonunionized employee, and how would you compare your line of reasoning to the line of reasoning of the “average” wageworker in Antebellum America?

History of Work in America – Student Commentary 3

keep in mind for this assignment you must cite references from two different primary sources only from the list below.

Primary Sources List: (Must cite references from two of these different sources!)

Assignment Instructions:

Your Commentary must have a minimum length of 200 words. Incorporate the authors and/or truncated titles of your two selected primary source documents into your Commentary. Remember, your Commentary is NOT a review, rephrasing, or regurgitation of the selected primary sources but your attempt to find the underlying or “hidden” or “behind the scene” meaning of the two primary source documents. In other words, what is the moral of the story?

Question:

What would be your argument to ask or demand a higher wage, particularly if you are a nonunionized employee, and how would you compare your line of reasoning to the line of reasoning of the “average” wageworker in Antebellum America?