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History of Labor Visual Timeline - Peyton Vogel Lesson 12

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  • Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886

    Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886
    This famous involved over 200,000 workers from 5 different states. It was particularly violent and even involved causing a train to disrail. In all, 10 people were killed in the violence.

  • Haymarket Riot

    Haymarket Riot
    A peaceful labor rally in Chicago turned into deadly riot after someone threw a dynamite bomb at police. 4 Civilians and 7 police officers were killed in the violence.

  • American Federation of Labor (AFL) is Formed

    American Federation of Labor (AFL) is Formed
    The AFL (now the AFL-CIO) was a national federation of labor unions. It was founded in Columbus, Ohio, in May 1886 by an alliance of craft unions

  • Homestead Strike

    Homestead Strike
    One of the most serious disputes in US Labor History occurred in Homestead, Pennsylvania between steel workers and Carnegie Steel Company. It was a major defeat for the unions due to a very large militia presence.

  • Textile Worker's Strike

    Textile Worker's Strike
    400,000 Textiles walked out on this day in 1934 across the Eastern seaboard, making this, at the time, one of the largest strikes in US History.

  • The Wagner Act

    The Wagner Act
    The Wagner Act, was signed into law by President Franklin Roosevelt on July 5, 1935. It established the National Labor Relations Board and addressed relations between unions and employers in the private sector.

  • 1930's General Motors Sitdown Strike

    1930's General Motors Sitdown Strike
    This strike in Flint Michigan helped the UAW tranform into one of the major labor unions in the country. This strike involved the workers taking over the plant and preventing General Motors from operating.

  • Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938

    Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
    Also referred to as the Wages and Hours Bill this act was introduced the forty-hour work week, established a national minimum wage, guaranteed "time-and-a-half" for overtime in certain jobs, and prohibited most employment of minors in oppressive child labor.

  • Taft-Hartley Act

    Taft-Hartley Act
    After calling it a "dangerous intrusion on free speech, President Truman ended up using this Act12 times himself, to force striking workers to return to their jobs.

  • Steel Strike of 1959

    Steel Strike of 1959
    One of the longest work stoppages in US History forcing President Eisenhower to invoke the Taft-Hartley Act to force workers 'back-to-work'. The strike shut down almost every steel mill in the country.