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Uriah Stephens forms Knights of Labor in Philadelphia this becomes an important fornce in early days of labor organizing.
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Baltimore and Ohio railroad ignited a series of strikes. This was the first time federal troops were being called out for the first time to deal with the situation.
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The riot was in Chicago at the Haymarket Square and workers were in support of an eight hour day. An unknown person threw a bomb at a police, then the police fired into the crowd.
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Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor after the Haymarket incident. AFL was a collection of trade unions.
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Congress wanted to block business monopolies. Many employers were against the unions
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300 Pinkerton detectives were hired by the company and were greeted by angry workers with violence and became a nasty battle when many were killed.
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Union workers walked out of Pullman Company in Illinois.
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Western miners formed the Industrial Workers of the world at a convention in Chicago. IWW is one of the best of all organized labor groups.
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ILGWU is the International Ladies Garment Union, and the strike took place in New York. The workers demanded 20% pay and a 52 hour work week. More than 20,000 workers from 500 different factories walked out of the job.
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A fire in Manhatten, New York killed 156 women workers.
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Massachusetts was the first to adopt this law. Many followed after.
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This was established under President Taft and the department emphasized pro-labor stance.
