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Lowell female labor reform association
Started by twelve operatives in January 1844, its membership grew to 500 within six months, and continued to expand rapidly. The Association was run completely by the women themselves: they elected their own officers and held their own meetings; they helped organize the city’s female workers, and set up branches in other mill towns. They organized fairs, parties, and social gatherings. Unlike many middle-class women activists, the operatives found considerable support from working-class men who -
10 hour work days
new hampshire created the law that the workers could only work a ten hour day instead of working from "dark to dark" -
Child labor laws
Pennsylvania's child labor law establishes the age of 12 as the minimum age for workers in commercial occupations -
National labor union formed
was the first national labor federation in the United States. it paved the way for other organizations, such as the Knights of Labor and the AFL (American Federation of Labor). Led by william H. sylivis. The National Labor Union sought instead to bring together all of the national labor organizations in existence, as well as the "eight-hour leagues" established to press for the eight-hour day -
great railroad strike
.S. railroad workers began strikes to protest wage cuts.] It started in Martinsburg, West Virginia, and then spread to many other states -
nationwide strike
A general strike halted the movement of U.S. railroads. In the following days, strike riots spread across the United States. The next week, federal troops were called out to force an end to the nationwide strike
