Compare and contrast Mr. M coakumchild and slakbridge .

Slackbridge is the dishonorable and deceitful leader of the labor movement: The United Aggregate Tribunal. Slackbridge takes the legitimate concerns of the laborers and exploits them for his own power.

http://www.gradesaver.com/hard-times/study-guide/character-list/

For a detailed look at Mr. M'Choakumchild, check out the link provided below.

http://dickens.stanford.edu/hard/issue1_gloss2.html