 Nevertheless, Brugherio saw in 1880 the inauguration of the tramway Cascina Gobba-Vimercate, in 1886 the opening of Canale Villoresi and, in recent decades, the birth of the first factories for the production of silk.Despite the slight industrialization, in this area it took birth the first trade union movements of Catholic inspiration.In fact the countryside, strongly linked to religion, was hostile to the socialist revendications and approached the Catholic-inspired unions, causing a change of relationship between farmers and landowners.