Deaver, Bernice2022-01-192022-01-191908https://hdl.handle.net/2097/41915Citation: Deaver, Bernice. Economic value and function of trades unions. Senior thesis, Kansas State Agricultural College, 1908.Introduction: Trade unions were first organized in England. These like the guilds sprang up as a defense against the capitalist combinations and associations resembling trade societies existed in England before fifteen hundred and sixty two, but the existence of a continuous association of wage earners for the purpose of improving the conditions of their employment did not exist until about the year seventeen hundred.The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.TradeUnionsCapitalismGuildsGraduating thesesSenior thesesTextTheses