Before the turn off the 20th Century, work teams and the communication resources available were quite different than today. “Work teams” in almost every nation were farmers. Not only were communication resources nonexistent, because of the physical distance between farms, even face-to-face communication probably only took place during worship events, or other local events. The second largest group, live-in house servants did not have communication opportunities or resources either.

Once the industrial revolution came on the scene, blue collar workers were dominating the work force. Living in densely populated areas, communication became easier and other resources were developing such as newspapers and more social gatherings. Work teams became able to communicate about unfair treatment. New ideas began to circulate. Being high organizable, unions began to form and better treatment for workers came into popularity – at least with the workers.