-
Noble Order of the Knights of Labor
The Noble Order of the Knights of Labor was organized by Philadelphia garment workers. It was opened to farmers, merchants, and wage earners. They had a few objectives, such as: equal pay for equal work, abolition of child labor, and 8 hour work days. -
Labor Day Holiday
The only day in the year that is created for giving thanks to people who gave there lives to us. Labor Day is a very important holiday to everyone. Labor Day was create out of Labor Unoins. -
American Federation Labor
The AFL was pointed toward better working conditions. They also wanted to focuse on better pay. The AFL was also craft oriented, as well as union lables on produced items. -
Hymarket Square Riot
The workers in Chicago marched for an 8 hour day protest against McComick Harvesting machine. Later, the police came to break up the strike. The Anarchists had blamed it on violence. During the police break up 8 policemen died, and 100 got injured. Anarchists and public saw unions caused problems. -
How The Other Half Lived
How the Other Half Lived describes all about the tenements people lived in, during that time period. They tell you about how the weather affected the people living in the tenements. Also says, how crouded the living conditions were to be in a tenement with a bunch of people. It tells you about the filthyness of the places these people were living in. Over all it tells you the up's and down's of living in a tenement -
The Homestead Strike
The Homestead Strike was a batle between strikers and private security agents. It was said to be one of the most serious battle or disputes in U.S history. It occured at Homestead Steel Works in Pittsburg-area town of Homestead, of Pennsylvania. And it was between Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers also, Carnegie Steel Company. -
The Pulman Strike
The Company was built in the town of Pulman so workers could rent homes from the owner, George M. Pulman. Renting was high in 1893. Due to the depression wages got slashed, but he refused to lower prises. So, the workers went on strike, it was led by Eugene V. Debs. Mostly, tate governers were on bussiness side, but Peter Alegeld held pitty and did not send state militia. The strike ended when Union leaders were imprisoned and arrested. -
The Coal Strike
The Coal Strike talks about how United Mine Workers of America went on strike. This strike was the first that the government got involved in as a neutral arbitrator. The strike was threatening to shut down all major winter fuel supply to the major cities. Roosevelt got involved and made a comission that had suspended the strike. The miners got more pay for less hours and owners got higher price for their coal. -
The Jungle
The Jungle talk about the conditions where the meet was being stored and made. The floors were extremly dirty, dried blood, the rooms wern't cold. Believe it or not they didn't wear gloves while working with the meat that people eat. President Roosevelt read about all of this, and said he was discusted. -
The Bitter Cry of Children
The bitter cry of children talks about the breaker boys. It tells you about what the conditions they had to work in. What injuries and things that could happen while working in these conditions. -
The Pure Food and Drug Act
The Pure Food and Drug Act is a U.S federal law, and it provided federal inspection of meat products. It also forbade the manufacture and sale or transportation of adulterated food products. The Act also, forbade the poisonous patent medicines. -
Triangle Shirt Fire
The Triangle Shirt Fire was a horrible fire, that changed many things and lives. It was the end of a work day, and a fire had started in a bin of material on the eighth floor. The flames started growing larger to reach the nineth floor. Everyone started going crazy, and they started trying to find ways out. They were jumping in elevator shafts and jumping out of windows. They had never gona over fire drills for if something like that would happen. That day 146 people died in the fire. -
Congress of Industrial Organization
Congress of Industrial Organization was a part of the AFL until 1935. This organization had broke away because it advocated organization along industrial lines rather than craft lines. Later on it came back into AFL in 1955. -
The National Labor Relations Act
The National Relations Act gave Labor's the right to organize legally recognize. The Act allowed them to have the power to punish unfair labor practices. The National Relations Act was prolabor. -
GM Sit-down-Strike
The strike was formed by General Motor employees. They had shut down plant operations in Fint and other cities. The strike consists of people coming to work , but they didn't do anything. Later on, the strike led to other GM plants and to cities in other states. Roosevelt made GM's management to talk to leaders of UAW , to find a way to end the strike. GM and UAW negotiated a contract, and then for the first time workers could be in the running on GM. -
Fair Labor Act
The fair labor act is also known as the Child Labor Act. The child labor act was achieved in Fair Labor Standards. It says that for the first time, minimum ages of employment and hours of work fo children are regulated by federal law. -
The Steel Strike
The strike was held by United Steelworkers of America against U.S Steel and nine other steelmakers. Truman nationalized the American steel industry hours before the workers walked out. Steel companies sued to regain control of their facilities. On June 2, 1952, United States Supreme Court ruled in Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. U.S. that the president laked authority to seize the steel mills. The Steelworkers struck to win a wage, the strike ended July 24, 1952, it lasted for 53 days. -
Major League Baseball Strike
This strike was the first players' strike in Major League History. Baseball resumed when the owners and players agreed on a $500,00 increase in pension fund payments. They had to add salary arbitration to Collective Bargaining Agreement. There was 86 total games missed on the 13 day period, because the league refused to pay the players for the time they were on a strike. The Baseball Strike lasted until April 13 1972. -
New York City Transit Strike
The strike was called by the Transport Workers Union Local 100. The negotiations for a new contract with Metropolitan Transportation Authority had broke down. The reasson it broke down was because of pension, retirement, and wage increases. City Transit Authority personnel observed the strike, while halting all service on subway and buses. Millions of computers were affected, the strike lasted until December 22, 2005 at 2:35 p.m. Bye the end all transportation systems were fully operational
